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The State, by definition is an absorptive animal; and the Church had no right to complain if the price of its privileges was royal supremacy.
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Harold J. Laski
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gutenberg.orgHarold J. Laski: “The State, by definition is an absorptive animal; and the Church had no right to complain if the price of its privileges…”
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Laski describes the State as inherently consuming, suggesting that the Church must accept the consequences of its privileges.
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