The French creed was too purely logical, too obviously the outcome of alien conditions, to fit in its entirety the English facts; and, it must be admitted, memories of wooden shoes played not a little part in its rejection.
Laski critiques the French political creed for its logical nature, which he argues does not fit English conditions.
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The main thing was to be rid of the Divine Right of kings.
The charge that he supported the Revolution in America and deserted it in France is without meaning; for in the one there is no word that can honorably be twisted to support the other.
Yet such defects must not blind us to the general rightness of their insight.
What is needed is a patriot king who will destroy corruption and awaken the spirit of liberty.
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