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The mass man is one who has neither the force of intellect to apprehend the principles issuing in what we know as the humane life, nor the force of character to adhere to those principles steadily and strictly as laws of conduct; and because such people make up the great and overwhelming majority of mankind, they are called collectively the masses. The line of differentiation between the masses and the Remnant is set invariably by quality, not by circumstance. The Remnant are those who by force of intellect are able to apprehend these principles, and by force of character are able, at least measurably, to cleave to them. The masses are those who are unable to do either.
 By: | Albert Jay Nock (more quotes by Albert Jay Nock or books by/about Albert Jay Nock) |
Source: | The Atlantic Monthly, 1936 https://mises.org/mises-daily/isaiahs-job |
Categories: | Character, Collectivism, Intelligence, Majority, Principle |
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