Page:The cream of the jest; a comedy of evasions (IA creamofjestcomed00caberich).pdf/106

 "My dear sir, were there nothing else, and even putting aside the outraged sentiments of civilized humanity, another great or prolonged war between any two of the leading nations is unthinkable—"

"For the simple reason, gentlemen, that we have perfected our fighting machines to such an extent that the destruction involved would be too frightful—"

"Then, too, we are improving the automobile to such an extent—"

"Oh, in the end it will inevitably supplant the horse—"

"It seems almost impossible to realize how we ever got along without the automobile—"

"Do you know, I would not be surprised if some day horses were exhibited in museums—"

"As rare and nearly extinct animals? Come, now, that is pretty good—"

"And electricity is, as one might say, just in its infancy—"

"The telephone, for instance—our ancestors would not have believed in the possibilities of such a thing—"