The answer, indeed, like all good answers, revealed rather the difficulty of the problem than the prospect of its solution; though nothing so clearly heralded the new age that was coming than his repudiation of the past in terms of a real appreciation of it.
Laski reflects on the complexity of answers to societal problems, emphasizing the importance of understanding historical context.
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Nor do I see why it is unconstitutional for Labour, as in 1926, to withdraw from work in an orderly and coherent way.
The revolutionary spirit, in fact, was as much the product of the past as the very institutions it came to condemn.
But when trade unions seek for what they regard as justice, one of their most powerful sources of strength is the awakening of the slow and inert public to a sense of the position.
The contract is thus not general as with Hobbes but limited and specific in character.
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