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I bring already to its interpretation a mass of preconceptions which tend to distort it.
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Harold J. Laski
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gutenberg.orgHarold J. Laski: “I bring already to its interpretation a mass of preconceptions which tend to distort it.”
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Laski acknowledges that preconceptions can distort one's interpretation of information.
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Where mistakes are made, where there is corruption, or dishonesty, or abuse, it can be brought home forthwith to its authors.
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