The sturdy morality of Johnson, the new literary forms of Richardson and Fielding, the theatre which Garrick founded upon the ruins produced by Collier's indignation, the revival of which Law and Wesley are the great symbols, show that the stagnation was sleep rather than death.
Laski highlights the cultural and literary developments during a time of political stagnation, suggesting a deeper vitality.
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There is no danger that the general strike will ever be other than a weapon of last resort; the occasions when it can be successfully used will be of the utmost rarity.
From no accusation were its statesmen more anxious to be free than from that of a belief in democratic government.
Nor do I see why it is unconstitutional for Labour, as in 1926, to withdraw from work in an orderly and coherent way.
Wilkes was a sign that the populace was slowly awaking to a sense of its own power.
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