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The Crowd (n.) reaches ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠far higher up the social scale than we think: relieved of personal responsibility, educated people will commit any misconduct.

The Crowd (n.) changes ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠how an individual thinks, feels and acts, which is the surprising fact group psychology must explain.

The Crowd (n.) drops ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠a person several rungs down the ladder of civilization: alone he may be cultivated, in a crowd he acts by instinct.

A Crowd (n.) cuts ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠both ways: inhibitions fall and dormant cruelty is let loose, yet under suggestion crowds also achieve self-denial and devotion to an ideal.

Crowd (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠the oldest human psychology, though from the first there were two: that of the bound members and that of the free father.