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Harold J. Laski: We may well enough regard the corruption of the monarchy under the later Hanoverians as the necessary prelude to its…

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We may well enough regard the corruption of the monarchy under the later Hanoverians as the necessary prelude to its purification under Victoria; but that does not make it any the less corrupt.
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Harold J. Laski

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Laski acknowledges the corruption of the monarchy while recognizing its potential for renewal.

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