Collected Works of Ambrose Bierce, 1909-1912

Book Excerptpeople having a common malevolent purpose. In a republic the crust that confined the fires of violence and sedition was thinnest.No improvement in the fortunes of the original anarchists through immigration to what was then called the New World would have made them good citizens. From centuries of secret war against particular forms of authority in their own countries they had inherited a bitter antagonism to all authority, even the most beneficent. In their new home they were worse ...