Don Quijote on Guns and Modern Weaponry
"Happy are the blest ages that knew not the dread fury of those
devilish engines of artillery, by which he made it easy for a base and cowardly arm to take the life of a gallant gentleman; and that, in the height of the ardour and enthusiasm that animate brave hearts, there should come some random bullet, discharged perhaps by one who fled in terror when he fired off his accursed machine, which in an instant cuts off the life of one who deserved to live for ages to come."
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devilish engines of artillery, by which he made it easy for a base and cowardly arm to take the life of a gallant gentleman; and that, in the height of the ardour and enthusiasm that animate brave hearts, there should come some random bullet, discharged perhaps by one who fled in terror when he fired off his accursed machine, which in an instant cuts off the life of one who deserved to live for ages to come."
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