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The theories of the Revolution had exhausted their fruitfulness within a generation.
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Harold J. Laski
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gutenberg.orgHarold J. Laski: “The theories of the Revolution had exhausted their fruitfulness within a generation.”
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Laski notes that the revolutionary theories quickly lost their effectiveness within a generation.
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