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In the crowd, herd, or gang, it is a mass-mind that operates-which is to say, a mind without subtlety, a mind without compassion, a mind, finally, uncivilized.

Robert M. Lindner

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Robert M. Lindner
Age: 41 †
Born: 1914
Born: May 14
Died: 1956
Died: February 27
Author
Psychiatrist
Psychologist
New York City
New York
Robert Mitchell Lindner
Crowd
Crowds
Finally
Uncivilized
Atheism
Operates
Mass
Herd
Subtlety
Compassion
Herds
Without
Gang
Mind

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