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Harold J. Laski: Certainly the history of the abolition of special privilege has been, also, the history of the expansion of what in our…

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Certainly the history of the abolition of special privilege has been, also, the history of the expansion of what in our inheritance was open to the common man.
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Harold J. Laski

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Laski reflects on the historical relationship between the abolition of privilege and the expansion of opportunities for the common man.

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