The revanche du berceau (“revenge of the cradle”) dreamed of by some romantic nationalists as retaliation for the British conquest of 1759 didn't seem so far-fetched.
As the world goes dark, this master switch tells our pineal gland to increase levels of the hormone melatonin in the bloodstream, sort of like a chemical lullaby.
So, from the cradle to the grave, women strove to make men pleased with themselves, and the satisfied men repaid lavishly with gallantry and adoration.
Einstein once wrote that " the most beautiful experience we can have is the mysterious. It is the fundamental emotion which stands at the cradle of true art and true science."
The wise men made a pilgrimage from the east to worship at the cradle of Christ, and the shepherds journeyed from field to town in search of Jesus, the Saviour of the world.