tle-ship of to-day could have kept completelyout of the range of the Merrimacs and the Mon-itors guns while it easily broke the vessels to pieceswith her accurately aimed shells. Thus we see that the last few decades have completelyrevolutionized the weapons of war. When we considerthe difference… … 282 HERALDS OF THE MORNING is covered. The best guns of 1862 might fire indefinitely atsuch steel walls as cover the men-of-war to-day, and makeno impression upon them. It is next to impossible to keep track of the improve-ments in the military and naval profession; for what maybe truthfully said…
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