In fact, a man who in the interchange of blows, would resist the excitement of murder, and not use his strength like a savage, must be familiar with arms.

He must be accustomed to danger, be cool-blooded, alive to the sentiment of honor, and above all, sensitive to that stern military code which, to the imagination of the soldier, ever holds out to him the provost's gibbet to which he is sure to rise, should he strike one blow too many.

Should all these restraints, inward as well as outward, be wanting, the man plunges into insurrection.

He is a novice in the acts of violence, which he carries out.

He has no fear of the law, because he abolishes it.