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735–804 England
Alcuin (Latinised: Flaccus Albinus Alcuinus; circa 735 – 19 May 804) was a Northumbrian scholar, theologian and catholic educator who taught for the court of Charlemagne.
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And those people should not be listened to who keep saying the voice of the people is the voice of God, since the riotousness of the crowd is always very close to madness.
Therefore remember to care rather for the soul than the flesh, for this remains and that perishes.
We would not listen to those who were wont to say the voice of the people is the voice of God, for the voice of the mob is near akin to madness.
The church of St Cuthbert is spattered with the blood of the priests of God, stripped of all its furnishing, exposed to the plundering of pagans.
The people, by Divine ruling, is to be led, not to be followed, and for witness persons of high standing are to be preferred. The saying, 'The voice of the people is the voice of God,' is not to be listened to, since the seething of the crowd is always near to madness.
I, your Flaccus, am busy carrying out your wishes and instructions at St. Martin's, giving some the honey of the holy scriptures, making others drunk on the old wine of ancient learning.
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