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But we can so act, also, knowing that there is a sense in which no man who serves his conscience ever fails.
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Harold J. Laski
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gutenberg.orgHarold J. Laski: “But we can so act, also, knowing that there is a sense in which no man who serves his conscience ever fails.”
Editor's note · Context
Laski expresses the belief that serving one's conscience leads to true freedom.
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