Men discovered with something akin to ecstasy the possibilities of the new inventions; and when the protest came against the misery they effected, it was answered that they represented the working of that natural law by which the energies of men may raise them to success.
Laski describes the excitement surrounding new inventions and the justification of their societal impact despite the resulting misery.
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But when trade unions seek for what they regard as justice, one of their most powerful sources of strength is the awakening of the slow and inert public to a sense of the position.
The revolutionary spirit, in fact, was as much the product of the past as the very institutions it came to condemn.
The contract is thus not general as with Hobbes but limited and specific in character.
Even Lincoln supported his generals in completely indefensible attacks on civilian rights.
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