"Intelligence has progressed in the course of the ages, and has opened a marvellous outlook to man,..."

“Intelligence has progressed in the course of the ages, and has opened a marvellous outlook to man, although his character, the real foundation of his mind, and the sure motive of his actions, has scarcely changed. Overthrown one moment, it reappears the next. Human nature must be accepted as it is.”

- Gustave Le Bon: The Psychology of Revolution (1912)