About This Quote
In the modern age, when everyone has a voice and it is said that everyone is equal in the eyes of the law, this quote goes back to a time when people believed that they were superior or more important than others. In this quote, the person believes that he has been born to be a sheep and would have no choice in being a goat through a pledge of hands. This means that someone is born in a certain station in life and that he will be stuck in that station for life. Even if he does not want to be in his station, he has no choice but to stay there.
The idea of pledging your hands to someone else makes him believe that his station is set in stone. It does not matter what he does or how hard he tries, he will always be a sheep, because someone else has pledged his hands to him.
Source: The Coffee Cries Foul
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