... ters. It cannot be fifteen years ago since Sir Hiram Maxim made the first machine that could lift its weight from the ground, and I well remember how... ...er London, dropping a hundredweight or so of ex- plosive upon the printing machines of The Times, and return- ing securely to Calais for another simil... ...n. It is extremely desirable that people should realise that these foreign machines are not a tempo- rary and incidental advantage that we can make go... ...in my mind. The age of natural democracy is surely at an end through these machines. There comes a time when men will be sorted out into those who wil... ...eth against the upper, and then it passed. The nose of the car and all the machine was slanting downwards, we were gliding quickly down, and yet there... ...o be this Power or that Power, there will be some tremendous business with guns and torpedoes, and our admirals will re- turn victorious to discuss th... ...hings that grow old-fashioned and wear out, such as fortifications, ships, guns, and ammunition, and expenditure upon things that have a permanent and... ...ll the apparatus of discussion and popular appeal, the railways, arsenals, guns, flying machines, and all the material of warfare, will be in the hand... ...t the science of war; that rushes on. Of what will happen if presently the guns begin to go off I have no shadow of doubt. Every year has seen the dis...

...the approach difficult. The transport vessel had sustained a number of cracks from shells exploding nearby and a few punctures from debris and needle guns. It had escaped destruction but the men had to wear their protective space suits due to loss of atmospheric pressure. The cargo bay of the transport craft was only rudimentary armoured. Space grunts were considered cargo...

...the approach difficult. The transport vessel had sustained a number of cracks from shells exploding nearby and a few punctures from debris and needle guns. It had escaped destruction but the men had to wear their protective space suits due to loss of atmospheric pressure. The cargo bay of the transport craft was only rudimentarily armoured. Space grunts were considered car...