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There are no governing principles in social life deliberately emerging from the interplay of its myriad constituent parts.
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Harold J. Laski
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gutenberg.orgHarold J. Laski: “There are no governing principles in social life deliberately emerging from the interplay of its myriad constituent…”
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Laski asserts that social life does not have predetermined governing principles arising from its many parts.
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