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Their negation fell upon unheeding ears; but twenty years later, the tradition for which they stood came into Marx's hands and was fashioned by him into an interpretation of history.
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Harold J. Laski
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gutenberg.orgHarold J. Laski: “Their negation fell upon unheeding ears; but twenty years later, the tradition for which they stood came into Marx's…”
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Laski notes the eventual influence of earlier socialist traditions on Marx's interpretation of history, indicating the evolution of political thought.
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