Tag: Crowds

On the Danger of Crowds

Do you ask me what you should regard as especially to be avoided? I say, crowds; for as yet you cannot trust yourself to them with safety. I shall admit my own weakness, at any rate; for I never bring back home the same character that I took abroad with

Simon Drew September 26, 2023

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Tag: Crowds

On the Danger of Crowds

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