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A trade union, moreover, is a living body; and no law has ever been successful in coping with the growth of living things by legal promulgations upon the fact of growth.
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Harold J. Laski
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Laski compares trade unions to living organisms, suggesting that laws cannot effectively manage their natural growth.
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