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It is, so to say, the long and permanent end that, in the ultimate analysis, we come individually to will after private experience of wrong direction and erroneous desire.
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Harold J. Laski
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This passage reflects Laski's view that true freedom emerges from learning through experience and correcting misguided desires.
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