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“The problem of living in this modern world is the problem of finding room in it. The crowd principle is so universally at work through modern life that the geography of the world had been changed to conform to it. We live in crowds. We get our living in crowds. We are amused in herds.”

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Book:Crowds: A Moving-picture of Democracy
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“There is never any real danger in allowing a pedestal for a hero. He never has time to sit on it. One sees him always over and over again kicking his pedestal out from under him, and using it to batter a world with.”

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Book:Crowds: A Study of the Genius of Democracy and of the Fears, Desires, and Expectations of the People
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