Heralds of the morning, the meaning of the social and political problems of to-day and the significance of the great phenomena in nature .. (1899)
Tait, Asa Oscar. [from old catalog] · Oakland, Cal., San Francisco [etc.] Pacific press publishing company · leaf 238
ry man aboard. Thus we see how completely the last thirty-six years haverevolutionized the weapons of war. When we consider thedifference between the very best battle-ship of 1862 and oneof the best ships of to-day, we see that no comparison can bemade; and nothing has been said about the twelve to… … American.] hat fires a nine-pound shell every second. It is next to impossible to keep track of the improvementsin the military and naval profession; for what may be truth-fully said to-day is likely to be entirely out of date to-morrow.But suppose we take oneof the many battle-shipsthat are now…
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