Show I 1 how it started by JEAN NEWTON L PIN YOUR FAITH ON IT N THIS expression used dally in I 1 common speech we have a from the dais of feudalism when the followers and dependents of a noble always bore on their persons the cm mem of their master frequently this was in the form of a badge upon their sleeves in time of war or on expeditions when it was not well that they should be recognized these retainers sometimes substituted a false badge so n literature of the period we find you may wear the badge but I 1 cannot pin my faith on your sleeve aa though we no longer bear badges of servitude we do speak today of pinning our faith i tl it |