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Harold J. Laski: Happiness depends upon being able to approach with an open mind facts which have been prepared by independent persons…

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Happiness depends upon being able to approach with an open mind facts which have been prepared by independent persons who have no interest in seeing that their incidence is bent in some particular way.
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Harold J. Laski

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Laski posits that true happiness is contingent upon engaging with unbiased information.

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