Self-defence is Nature's eldest law.

For Art may err, but Nature cannot miss.

As for the law--it catered for a human nature of which it took a naturally low view.

Sorrow is held the eldest child of sin.

Nature is our eldest mother; she will do no harm.

Why is marijuana against the law? It grows naturally upon our planet. Doesn't the idea of making nature against the law seem to you a bit . . . unnatural?