...quoted, has in his book, Resisi not Evil, these words :—" Uncertain and reprehensible as mob-law has ever been, it is still much more excusable and more certain than the organized force of society acting through the criminal courts. Mob-law has the excuse of passion, of provocation, not the criminal...

...evil and hatred in return, and some sudden act of violence would for a time occasionally be met with violence through mob law in return. But uncertain...society operating through the criminal courts. Mob law has the excuse of passion, of provocation, not the criminal nature of deliberation, coldness and settled...