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Harold J. Laski: “Nothing could prove more strongly the exactitude of Burke's Present Discontents.”

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Nothing could prove more strongly the exactitude of Burke's Present Discontents.
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Harold J. Laski

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Laski emphasizes the relevance of Burke's work in understanding contemporary political discontent.

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