“Man begins life helpless. The babe is in paroxysms of fear the moment its nurse leaves it alone, and it comes so slowly to any power of self-protection that mothers say the salvation of the life and health of a young child is a perpetual miracle.” MenChildrenSelfMomentsYoungMotherFearMiracleSalvationProtectionNursePerpetualHelplessBabeYoung ChildrenSelf Protection Book:The Collected Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson: Society and solitude Source: The Collected Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson: Society and solitude