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The sentences given below form a coherent paragraph when sequenced properly. Choose the option that gives the correct sequence. 1. Collective fear stimulates herd instinct, and tends to produce ferocity toward those not regarded as members of the herd. 2. And for this reason poltroons are more prone to cruelty and superstition than brave men. 3. Fear generates impulses of cruelty, and therefore promotes such superstitious beliefs that seem to justify cruelty. 4. So it was in the French Revolution, when fear of foreign armies produced the reign of terror. 5. Neither a man nor a crowd nor a nation can be expected to act humanely or think sanely when under the influence of a great fear.