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And what the people but a herd confus'd, a miscellaneous rabble, who extol things vulgar, and, well weigh'd, scarce worth the praise? they praise, and they admire, they know not what; and know not whom, but as one leads the other; and what delight to be by such extoll'd, to live upon their tongues, and be their talk, of whom to be disprais'd were no small praise?
-John Milton
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And What The People But A Herd

John Milton
And what the people but a herd confus'd, a miscellaneous rabble, who extol things vulgar, and, well weigh'd, scarce worth the praise? they praise, and they admire, they know not what; and know not whom, but as one leads the other; and what delight to be by such extoll'd, to live upon their tongues, and be their talk, of whom to be disprais'd were no small praise?
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