Quote#Speech
Crowds speak in heroes
Quote byGerald Stanley Lee · 1862–1944
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: Crowds (1913), Book IV, Chapter III..
English (original)
Crowds speak in heroes.
— Gerald Stanley Lee
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