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Harold J. Laski: That men who had striven for her dissolution should be admitted to her privileges seemed to Churchmen as tragic as…

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That men who had striven for her dissolution should be admitted to her privileges seemed to Churchmen as tragic as ironical.
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Harold J. Laski

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Laski reflects on the irony of Churchmen admitting those who sought to dissolve the Church into its privileges.

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