half-irreligious

Updated: August 12, 2026

My mental picture of an American policeman was that conglomerate average one unconsciously imbibes from a distant view of our city forces, and by comparison with foreign, a heavy-footed, discourteous, half-fanatical, half-irreligious clubber whose wits are as slow as his judgment is honest.

Harry Alverson Franck - Zone Policeman 88; a close range study of the Panama canal and its workers