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Is there a difference between normal times and a time of crisis like, let us say, a war or a general strike?
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Harold J. Laski
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gutenberg.orgHarold J. Laski: “Is there a difference between normal times and a time of crisis like, let us say, a war or a general strike?”
Editor's note · Context
Laski raises the question of how circumstances, such as crises, affect the interpretation of speech.
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