Harold J. Laski: “Nor can the implication that the magistrate has the keys of heaven be…”

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Nor can the implication that the magistrate has the keys of heaven be accepted.

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Harold J. Laski

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Laski rejects the idea that magistrates hold spiritual authority.

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Harold J. Laski: “Nor can the implication that the magistrate has the keys of heaven be accepted.”