contrast with the capacity of many newborn animals to stand u
10 within minutes of birth. They don't even have difficulty running
2 This helplessness is characteristic of a human infant, and is in
unp
contrast with the capacity of many newborn animals to sto-
10 within minutes of birth. They don't even have diffculty munni.
with the *herd within a few hours. Since young animals are certainml
in danger, sometimes for weeks or even months after birth, comparei.
with the human infant, they quickly develop the capacity to protet.
themselves. However, the human infant is in need of others for a
15 very long time. During this long period, the human infant develops
the second feature which it shares with all other human infants, the
capacity to learn language. It goes without saying that language s
18 specific to and indispensable to the *human race.
