It has been claimed that truth can be established by reason alone; that departure from the way of reason as a method of securing conviction is an indication always of a desire to protect injustice.
Laski critiques the notion that truth can be established solely through reason, suggesting that this view may protect injustice.
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The revolutionary spirit, in fact, was as much the product of the past as the very institutions it came to condemn.
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