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There is nothing more curious, whether in the history of individual men or of nations, than the reactions which occur at more or less frequent intervals.
The human mind, both in persons and societies, is like a pendulum which, the moment it has reached the limit of its swing in one direction, goes inevitably back as far on the other side, and so on forever.