The Rifter's Covenant (71 page)

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Quotation from
Crowds and Power,
by Elias Canetti, published by The Continuum Publishing Group, NY, 1981. Originally published in
Mass and Macht
by Claassen Verlag, copyright © 1960 by Claassen Verlag. English translation copyright © 1962, 1973 by Victor Gollancz Ltd. Used by permission of The Continuum Publishing Group

This is a work of fiction. Any references to historical events, real people, or real locales are used fictitiously. Other names, characters, places, and incidents are the product of the author’s imagination, and any resemblance to actual events or locales or persons, living or dead, is entirely coincidental.

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