Upton Sinclair

“ All right, Cotton; maybe you know what you're doing; but I wonder--I wonder just how sure you feel. Has it never occurred to you that your superiors might not care to have you take these high-handed steps? ”

“ There was a pause; at last the marshal asked, defiantly, "Have you got what you want?"
"Yes," replied Hal. "Of course, I thought it all along, but it's hard to convince other people. Old Peter's not like most of these Western wolves, you know; he's a pious high-church man."
The marshal smiled grimly. "So long as there are sheep," said he, there'll be wolves in sheep's clothing."
"I see," said Hal. "And you leave them to feed on the lambs!" ”