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Harold J. Laski: “The English constitution revealed to France an immense and unused reservoir of philosophic illustration.”

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The English constitution revealed to France an immense and unused reservoir of philosophic illustration.
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Harold J. Laski

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Laski argues that the English constitution provided France with a rich source of philosophical ideas.

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