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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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gutenberg.orgRather do they point to grave inadequacy in the substance of the state, inadequacy neglect of which has led to the cataclysms of historic experience.
Laski suggests that societal inadequacies can lead to significant historical upheavals.
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