‘Extraordinary Popular Delusions and the Madness of Crowds’
(Page 15)
“With a weakness most culpable, he lent his aid in inundating the country with paper money, which based upon no solid foundation, was sure to fall, sooner or later. The extraordinary present fortune dazzled his eyes, and prevented him from seeing the evil day that would burst over his head, when once, from any cause or the other, the alarm was sounded.”
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October 22, 2014 8:22 pm
“I can calculate the motion of heavenly bodies but not the madness of people.” — Isaac Newton
‘Extraordinary Popular Delusions and the Madness of Crowds’
(Page 15)
“With a weakness most culpable, he lent his aid in inundating the country with paper money, which based upon no solid foundation, was sure to fall, sooner or later. The extraordinary present fortune dazzled his eyes, and prevented him from seeing the evil day that would burst over his head, when once, from any cause or the other, the alarm was sounded.”
“I can calculate the motion of heavenly bodies but not the madness of people.” — Isaac Newton