“A hundred thousand men were led By one calf near three centuries dead; They followed still his crooked way And lost a hundred years a day; For thus such reverence is lent To well established precedent.” MenWayYearsWellsStillsThreeLostCenturyThousandHundredReverenceBostonCrookedPrecedentCalves Book:Whiffs from Wild Meadows Source: Whiffs from Wild Meadows
“One day through the primeval wood A calf walked home as good calves should; But made a trail all bent askew, A crooked trail as all calves do. . . . . And men two centuries and a half Trod in the footsteps of that calf.” MenShouldMadeTwoHomeHalfCenturyOne DayWoodsBentTrailsBostonFootstepsCrookedPrecedentCalvesPrimeval Author:Sam Walter Foss
