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THE WORK OF WARSMITHS

of years ago every able-bodied man was naturally a soldier; now he is not, not by a jugful. When primeval men contended amongst themselves, they used the same weapons with which they fought the beasts—the stone ax, and the club, which fitted easily to their hands. In their tribal conflicts any group of men, however hastily assembled, constituted an army, employing [155]