CHAPTERV
THEPSYCHOLOGYOFTHEREVOLUTIONARYASSEMBLIES
1。PsychologicalCharacteristicsofthegreatRevolutionaryAssemblies。
Agreatpoliticalassembly，aparliamentforexample，isacrowd，butacrowdwhichsometimesfailsineffectualactiononaccountofthecontrarysentimentsofthehostilegroupscomposingit。
Thepresenceofthesegroups，actuatedbydifferentinterests，mustmakeusconsideranassemblyasformedofsuperimposedandheterogeneouscrowds，eachobeyingitsparticularleaders。Thelawofthementalunityofcrowdsismanifestedonlyineachgroup，anditisonlyasaresultofexceptionalcircumstancesthatthedifferentgroupsactwithasingleintention。