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The rights men craved were not, as Burke insisted, the immediate offspring of metaphysic fancy, but the result of a determination to end the malignant wrong of centuries.
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Harold J. Laski
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Laski argues that the rights sought by men were rooted in a historical struggle against long-standing injustices, contrary to Burke's view.
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