Such I hold to be the genuine use of Gunpowder: that it makes all men tall.
Thomas Carlyle (1795-1881) Scottish essayist and historian
Sartor Resartus, Book 2, ch. 8 (1834)
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Quoting Herr Teufelsdröckh.
This passage first appeared in Fraser's Magazine for Town and Country, Vol. 9, No. 52 (1834-04).
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We vainly accuse the fury of Gunnes, and the new inventions of death; ’tis in the power of every hand to destroy us, and wee are beholding unto every one wee meete hee doth not kill us.
[We vainly accuse the fury of guns, and the new inventions of death; it is in the power of every hand to destroy us, and we are beholden unto every one we meet he doth not kill us.]
Thomas Browne (1605-1682) English physician and author
Religio Medici, Part 1, sec. 43 (1643)
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People who feel safer with a gun than with guaranteed medical insurance don’t yet have a fully adult concept of scary.
William Gibson (b. 1948) American-Canadian speculative fiction novelist and essayist
Twitter (1 Oct 2013)
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BRIGADIER LETHBRIDGE-STEWART: You know, just once I’d like to meet an alien menace that wasn’t immune to bullets.
Doctor Who (1963-1989) British science fiction television series, original run (BBC)
12×01 “Robot,” Part 4 (1975-01-18) [w. Terrance Dicks]
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