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The chief concern of a good counsel should be to work upon the feelings of the jury, and, as with all crowds, to argue but little, or only to employ rudimentary modes of reasoning. An English barrister, famous for his successes in the assize courts, has well set forth the line of action to be followed:— "While pleading he would attentively observe the jury. The most favourable opportunity has been reached. By dint of insight and experience the counsel reads the effect of each phrase on the faces of the jurymen, and draws his conclusions in consequence. His first step is to be sure which members of the jury are already favourable to his cause. It is short work to definitely gain their adhesion, and having done so he turns his attention to the members who seem, on the contrary, ill-disposed, and endeavours to discover why they are hostile to the accused. This is the delicate part of his task, for there may be an infinity of reasons for condemning a man, apart from the sentiment of justice." 去书内
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    Set against the backdrop of the French Revolution, the author tells us that once an individual is integrated into a group, he will lose his sense of self. It will make a big change in your heart. Once a group is formed, no matter how knowledgeable people get together, it will eventually form a group idiot or a group unconscious, which is very easy to be influenced and fooled by others. It is much easier to lose the ability of rational judgment to affect a group than to affect a person.

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