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Harold J. Laski: “There is nothing in them of that fine despair which made Stuart Mill welcome socialism itself rather than allow the…”

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There is nothing in them of that fine despair which made Stuart Mill welcome socialism itself rather than allow the continuance of the new capitalist system.
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Harold J. Laski

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Laski contrasts the despair of Stuart Mill with the more utilitarian views of his contemporaries regarding socialism.

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