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The public! the public! how many fools does it require to make
the public?
[Fr., Le public! le read more
The public! the public! how many fools does it require to make
the public?
[Fr., Le public! le public! combien faut-il de sots pour faire
un public?]
This many-headed monster, Multitude.
This many-headed monster, Multitude.
The voice of the people has about it something divine: for how
otherwise can so many heads agree together read more
The voice of the people has about it something divine: for how
otherwise can so many heads agree together as one?
[Lat., Vox populi habet aliquid divinum: nam quomo do aliter tot
capita in unum conspirare possint?]
No whispered rumours which the many spread can wholly perish.
No whispered rumours which the many spread can wholly perish.
Report uttered by the people is everywhere of great power.
Report uttered by the people is everywhere of great power.
Hence ye profane; I hate ye all;
Both the great vulgar, and the small.
Hence ye profane; I hate ye all;
Both the great vulgar, and the small.
The tyranny of a multitude is a multiplied tyranny.
The tyranny of a multitude is a multiplied tyranny.
The man in the street does not know a star in the sky.
The man in the street does not know a star in the sky.
