Dr. Chatley's Lecture at Quest Society 'A paper of great ability and interest was delivered to members the Quest Society meeting in the Rt, A. S. Hall on Monday evening. The speaker was Dr. Herbert Chatley, and the subject he dealt with was the "Mob Mind."
In the course of his paper Chatley said The stirring events of the present time compel attention to the subject of the impulsiveness of mankind in the mass.
One of the most important factors in Jife is the mutual effect of living beings which rises in certain species to a condition in which a herd of animals behaves almost as one individual. Such species are terme gregarious, but all of the mammals are gregarious at any rate within the limits of the parental' group. Whether man was originally _gre-various in the larger sense has been a subject of debate.
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