Anyone nit-picking enough to write a letter of correction to an editor doubtless deserves the error that provoked it.
What made me run away was doubtless not so much the fear of settling down, but of settling down permanently in something ugly.
A strict observance of the written laws is doubtless one of the high virtues of a good citizen, but it is not the highest. The laws of necessity, of self preservation, of saving our country when in danger, are of higher obligation.