James 3:3

Behold, we put bits in the horses" mouths The thought of man's power over brute creatures and natural forces, and of his impotence in the greater work of self-government, present a singular parallelism to that of the well-known chorus in the Antigoneof Sophocles. (332 350):

Many the forms of life

Full marvellous in might,

But man supreme stands out

Most marvellous of all.

He with the wintry gales,

O'er the foam-crested sea,"

Mid wild waves surging round,

Tracketh his way across.

He fastens firm the yoke

On horse with shaggy mane,

Or bull that walks untamed upon the hills.

So in another passage of the same drama:

"And I have known the steeds of fiery mood

With a small curb subdued." (Antig.475.)