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It is necessary, if I may so phrase it, to urge men to live dangerously.
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Harold J. Laski
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gutenberg.orgHarold J. Laski: “It is necessary, if I may so phrase it, to urge men to live dangerously.”
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Laski advocates for embracing risk and uncertainty as essential to personal freedom.
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