ABSTRACT
Man is not born with his house on his back like the tortoise or the snail. Nor is he covered with woolly fur like the bear or the sheep, nor yet with a thick hide like the ox or the horse. Even if in his very early days he was much shaggier than he is now, yet his skin was not proof against the bite of the north wind, the teeth of animals, the sharp points of thorns or of insects, or the hard surfaces of the rocks. Hence was born the need of clothing.
