![If we contrast the rapid progress of this mischievous discovery [gunpowder] with the slow and laborious advances of reason, science, and the arts of peace, a philosopher, according to his temper, will laugh or weep at the folly of mankind.](/assets/img/quote-photos/if-we-contrast-the-rapid-progress-of-this-mischievous-discovery-gunpowder-with.jpg)
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