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Harold J. Laski: “For the case against Burke's aristocracy has a moral aspect with which he did not deal.”

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For the case against Burke's aristocracy has a moral aspect with which he did not deal.
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Harold J. Laski

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Laski points out the moral shortcomings of Burke's defense of aristocracy.

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