Her virtues were denied, her achievements belittled, until what Mr Lippmann terms a “stereotype” of her was built up for public use which made her appear to the average man a criminal who could not be too severely punished.
Laski discusses the negative portrayal of Germany in the aftermath of World War I, highlighting the impact of public perception.
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Yet that does not render useless, even for our own day, the kind of work Locke did.
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.
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