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Harold J. Laski: “Where each man cautiously pursued the good as he saw it, the realization was bound, in his view, to be splendid.”

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Where each man cautiously pursued the good as he saw it, the realization was bound, in his view, to be splendid.
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Harold J. Laski

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Laski suggests that individual pursuits of good can lead to collective greatness.

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