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“When primitive man reared of all fours and first stood erect, it was probably with the aid of a stick, which successively became his walking stick, his cudgel, and then his flint-tipped spear. As man became more civilized, this stick weapon in the hands of the chief evolved into a badge of office as a staff. Subsequently, as the world divided into secular and religious society, all leaders, be they king or bishops, carried sceptres or crosiers and their minions such as judges, magistrates, officers and abbots, even the lowly municipal watchmen, carried staffs as symbols of their authority”. Canes through the ages. 1995. Francis H. Monek Pag: 21
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