ied; and the’ sav- sequent expedients arise. Desire or necessity inspired self-defense, or by a laudable desire to protect the age warrior evolved the club, which of all true weapons the untutored savage to do certain things in certain weak and oppressed, he is ever ready, as of yore, to is… … the first step in that long march which has led him in The Arbalist, or Crossbow. these latter days to the rifle, the quick-firing gun, the the cause of war as in the cause of .peaceful progress. torpedo tube with its deadly projectile. tive. Originally, it took the form of a heavy stick; While our…
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