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With all its faults of statement and of emphasis, the doctrine of the English socialists has been, in later hands, the most fruitful hypothesis of modern politics.
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Harold J. Laski
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Laski acknowledges the contributions of English socialists to modern political hypotheses, despite their flaws, indicating their lasting impact.
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In a time of crisis, particularly, when the things we hold most dear are threatened, we shall find the desire to throw overboard the habits of tolerance, almost irresistible.
If the American colonies want to go, let them by all means cut adrift.
Yet such defects must not blind us to the general rightness of their insight.
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