What does the poet-father mean by “close his ears to a howling mob”?

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According to the poet-father a mob can be very effective in influencing a person to be bad and wrong even if the person is determined to be good. That’s why the father wants his son to shut his ears to the shouting or howling mob and have faith in himself.

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