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Unity is the profoundest law. Man, attempting little bush-league innovations imitates unconsciously the Infinite. So the custom is the same in Naples, or Palermo, or Chicago--Pekin--Delhi--Teheran--Jerusalem--who wages a vendetta does so on his own account, at his own risk, and he recognizes no higher law than his own will.
Police--all governments--are off-side--enemies in common, whom foes should unite to defeat. Whoso calls in the police is despicable in the eyes of friend and enemy alike.