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Memoirs of Extraordinary Popular Delusions and the Madness of Crowds
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/24518
Volume I.
Contents.
The Mississippi Scheme.
The South-Sea Bubble.
The Tulipomania.
The Alchymists.
Modern Prophecies.
Fortune-Telling.
The Magnetisers.
Influence of Politics and Religion on the Hair and Beard.
Volume II.
Contents.
List of Engravings.
The Crusades.
The Witch Mania.
The Slow Poisoners.
Haunted Houses.
Popular Follies of Great Cities.
Popular Admiration of Great Thieves.
Duels and Ordeals.
Relics.
Next to the KJV Bible, probably the most valuable book I ever read. My favorite quote from a book full of wonderful apothegms:
“Men, it has been well said, think in herds; it will be seen that they go mad in herds, while they only recover their senses slowly, and one by one.” - Charles Mackay