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There is never any real danger in allowing a pedestal for a hero. He…
Quote byGerald Stanley Lee · 1862–1944
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: Crowds (1913), Book V, Part III, Chapter XVI..
English (original)
There is never any real danger in allowing a pedestal for a hero. He never has time to sit on it. One sees him always over and over again kicking his pedestal out from under him, and using it to batter a world with.
— Gerald Stanley Lee
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