Sheep
The sheep beat a track over the mountain, And men, sheep-like, follow them. Who is there with heart enough To beat a track for himself?
Not the strongest. Not the wisest. Not the most proud.
Joseph Campbell
The sheep beat a track over the mountain, And men, sheep-like, follow them. Who is there with heart enough To beat a track for himself?
Not the strongest. Not the wisest. Not the most proud.
Joseph Campbell starts with a plain image: sheep wear a path across a mountain, and people follow it just as thoughtlessly. The speaker asks who has the heart to make a fresh track for himself instead of falling in line.
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