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On general questions a vote of forty academicians is no better than one of forty water-carriers
Drawn from what Gustave Le Bon said
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- Gustave Le Bon French social psychologist (1841 to 1931)
In a crowd men always tend to the same level, and, on general questions, a vote, recorded by forty academicians is no better than that of forty water-carriers.
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↗The Crowd: A Study of the Popular Mind (1895; English translation, 1896)gutenberg.org
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