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Harold J. Laski: “I am not independent of, or isolated in, that order, but one with it and of it.”

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I am not independent of, or isolated in, that order, but one with it and of it.
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Harold J. Laski

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Laski emphasizes the interconnectedness of the individual with the social order, rejecting notions of isolation.

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