Monday 24 August 2009

Fewtril no.270

The bellwether-intelligentsia are always one step ahead of the herd in the run of ideas, but are usually outpaced and trampled down in the realisation of their consequences.

3 comments:

xlbrl said...

I wish they were getting trampled with the consequences of their ideas. I thought that was me getting trampled.

Recusant said...

Revolutions eat their children

dearieme said...

But if I may be hypercritical, bellwethers lead flocks, not herds.