TheconsequencesofthiscontemplativehabitonthepartoftheExecutive-ahabittobelookedforinahermit，butnotinaPoliceSystem-arefamiliartousall。TheRuffianbecomesoneoftheestablishedordersofthebodypolitic。UndertheplayfulnameofRoughasifheweremerelyapracticaljokerhismovementsandsuccessesarerecordedonpublicoccasions。Whetherhemusteredinlargenumbers，orsmall；whetherhewasingoodspirits，ordepressed；whetherheturnedhisgenerousexertionstoveryprosperousaccount，orFortunewasagainsthim；whetherhewasinasanguinarymood，orrobbedwithamiablehorse-playandagraciousconsiderationforlifeandlimb；allthisischronicledasifhewereanInstitution。IsthereanycityinEurope，outofEngland，inwhichthesetermsareheldwiththepestsofSociety？Orinwhich，atthisday，suchviolentrobberiesfromthepersonareconstantlycommittedasinLondon？
ThePreparatorySchoolsofRuffianismaresimilarlybornewith。
TheyoungRuffiansofLondon-notThievesyet，buttrainingforscholarshipsandfellowshipsintheCriminalCourtUniversities-
molestquietpeopleandtheirproperty，toanextentthatishardlycredible。Thethrowingofstonesinthestreetshasbecomeadangerousanddestructiveoffence，whichsurelycouldhavegottonogreaterheightthoughwehadhadnoPolicebutourownriding-
whipsandwalking-sticks-thePolicetowhichImyselfappealontheseoccasions。Thethrowingofstonesatthewindowsofrailwaycarriagesinmotion-anactofwantonwickednesswiththeveryArch-Fiend’shandinit-hadbecomeacryingevil，whentherailwaycompaniesforceditonPolicenotice。Constabularcontemplationhaduntilthenbeentheorderoftheday。