Ever hear the sheepdog/wolves/flock story?
You’ll be surprised where it came from.
by JR Sanders
“He is like a sheep dog, feared by the flock and hated by the wolves.”
In an August, 1896 interview with the San Francisco Examiner newspaper Wyatt Earp made this observation while discussing the perils of riding a treasure-laden stagecoach across outlaw country. Although he was referring to the shotgun guard on a coach, his remark might easily have described the lot of lawmen in general.
Anyone who works in law enforcement today is likely familiar with the sheepdog/sheep/wolf analogy. It’s interesting to see the same idea expressed more than a century ago. Just further proof that truth is timeless, I guess.
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