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They had so successfully repressed all effort at reasonable delineation, that the atmosphere of hate was unconquerable.
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Harold J. Laski
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gutenberg.orgHarold J. Laski: “They had so successfully repressed all effort at reasonable delineation, that the atmosphere of hate was unconquerable.”
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Laski argues that the suppression of reasonable discourse led to an environment filled with hatred following the war.
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