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Edgar Allan Poe Quotes: How much more intense is the excitement wrought in the feelings of a crowd by the contemplation of human agony, than that brought about by the most appalling spectacles of inanimate matter.
         

How much more intense is the excitement wrought in the feelings of a crowd by the contemplation of human agony, than that brought about by the most appalling spectacles of inanimate matter.


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This page presents the quote "How much more intense is the excitement wrought in the feelings of a crowd by the contemplation of human agony, than that brought about by the most appalling spectacles of inanimate matter.". Author of this quote is Edgar Allan Poe. This quote is about agony, contemplation, matter, intense, spectacles, crowds, excitement, feelings,.