(Q1195598)

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The Man of the Crowd

short story by Edgar Allan Poet

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L’Homme des foules (French)
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El hombre de la multitud (Spanish)
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It was well said of a certain German book that “es lasst sich nicht lesen”—it does not permit itself to be read. (English)
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“The old man,” I said at length, “is the type and the genius of deep crime. He refuses to be alone. He is the man of the crowd. It will be in vain to follow; for I shall learn no more of him, nor of his deeds. The worst heart of the world is a grosser book than the ‘Hortulus Animae,’ and perhaps it is but one of the great mercies of God that ‘er lasst sich nicht lesen.’” (English)
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The Man of the Crowd
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