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The party-system was already inevitable; and with his advent to full power in 1727 we have the characteristic outlines of English representative government.
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Harold J. Laski
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gutenberg.orgHarold J. Laski: “The party-system was already inevitable; and with his advent to full power in 1727 we have the characteristic outlines…”
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Laski asserts that the party system was an inevitable development in English representative government.
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