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Harold J. Laski: He took the facts as phenomena to be explained rather than as illustrations of some favorite thesis to be maintained in…

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He took the facts as phenomena to be explained rather than as illustrations of some favorite thesis to be maintained in part defiance of them.
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Harold J. Laski

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Laski praises the approach of treating facts as phenomena to be explained, which is essential for scientific inquiry and analysis.

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