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Nor is the people's judgment always true: The most may err as grossly as the few.

John Dryden

Absalom and Achitophel · 1681

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Dryden, John. "Absalom and Achitophel." John Dryden Selected Poems. Penguin Classics, 2002, pt. 1, I. 781.

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Dryden, John. Absalom and Achitophel. London: Jacob Tonson, 1681, pt. 1, I. 781.

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