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And perhaps the supreme irony in the situation was the fact that to be tried as Communists was, for the defendants, perhaps the supreme test of truth to which their faith could be submitted.
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Harold J. Laski
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Laski notes the irony that being tried as Communists served as a profound test of faith for the defendants.
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