The days of Dick Turpin and Jack Sheppard have returned, with this serious difference--that the Turpins and Sheppards of our day are not dependent upon the horse, but have the powerful automobile to facilitate their crimes and make sure their escape.
Beck draws a parallel between historical and contemporary criminals, emphasizing the role of modern technology in facilitating crime.
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It did not believe that the State was omnipotent or infallible, and yet it proclaimed its authority within wise and just limits.
If it ceases to be of the spirit of the people, then the yellow parchment whereon it is inscribed can avail nothing.
That vision will remain with them as long, and no longer, as there is in their hearts a conscious and willing acquiescence in its wisdom and justice.
Without that vision to restrain each succeeding generation of Americans from the tempting excesses of political power, the American Commonwealth, with its great heterogeneous democracy, would probably perish.
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