Life is a republic where the individuals are for the most part unconscious that while they are working for themselves they are also working for the public good.
Source: In The New Webster's Dictionary of Quotations and Famous Phrases, by Donald Bolander, 1987.
-- Francis Galton, (Feb 16 1822-1911), English scientist, explorer; He founded the modern technique of weather mapping, 1861; early investigator of human intelligence.