Even his theory of toleration had in every detail been anticipated by one or other of a hundred controversialists; and his argument can hardly claim either the lofty eloquence of Jeremy Taylor or the cogent simplicity of William Penn.
Laski critiques Locke's theory of toleration, suggesting it was not original but rather a culmination of earlier thoughts.
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