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King (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠an officer who is legally beyond accountability.

A King (n.) should ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠never sit as judge in cases of death, prison or exile; like a priest he must stay unstained by bloodshed.

The King (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠no shepherd: nobody disputes the cowherd's role, but merchants, farmers, bakers, trainers and doctors all claim a hand in rearing the human herd.

King (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠a herdsman who squeezes milk from a flock far nastier and more treacherous than cows — and grows as rough as any shepherd penned in the mountains.

A King (n.) sounds ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠to the philosopher like a stock-breeder congratulated on his herd — only his animal is harder to rear and milk, and his castle is as much a prison as a sheepfold.

A King (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠not born among men the way a king-bee is born in a hive, plainly superior in body and mind; so people sit down and write rules, chasing the traces of the truest constitution.