The Pilgrim's Progress by John Bunyan

unburied, as you see, for an example to others to take heed not to come
too near to the brink of Hill Error."
Then I saw that the Shepherds brought them to the top of another
mountain, named Caution — and entreated them to look afar off. When
they looked, they observed what they thought were several men
walking up and down among the tombs that were there. They perceived
that the men were blind, because they stumbled upon the tombstones,
and could not find their way out from among them.
Then Christian questioned, "What does this mean?”
The Shepherds then explained, "Did you not see that a little below these
mountains, there was a stile which led into a meadow, on the left hand
of the way?"
"Yes," the Pilgrims replied.
The Shepherds then continued, "From that stile leads a path which goes
directly to Doubting Castle — which is kept by Giant Despair. These
blind men among the tombs were once on pilgrimage — just as you are
now. When they came to that stile — because the right way was rough
— they chose to go out of it, and into that meadow. They were then
captured by Giant Despair, and cast into Doubting Castle.
"After they had been kept a while in the Giant's dungeon, he gouged out
their eyes, and led them among those tombs, where he has left them to
wander to this very day. So the saying of the wise man is fulfilled,
'Whoever strays out of the way of wisdom, shall remain in the
congregation of the dead!’"
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