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Nor should we listen to those who say The voice of the people is the voice of God, for the turbulence of the mob is always close to insanity.

Source: Works, Epistle 127, letter to Charlemagne, 800 A D.
-- Alcuin, ( 735-804), English theologian, scholar; Ealwhine organized scholarly culture of time; wrote 310 letters which reveal history of the 8th Century.

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