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Harold J. Laski: Rather do they point to grave inadequacy in the substance of the state, inadequacy neglect of which has led to the…

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Rather do they point to grave inadequacy in the substance of the state, inadequacy neglect of which has led to the cataclysms of historic experience.
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Harold J. Laski

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Laski suggests that societal inadequacies can lead to significant historical upheavals.

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