human
Gaze at yonder sight, ladies and gentlemen; it will probably be the last time you will see the ancient and modern fleets of Great Britain placed in juxtaposition. All those magnificent three-deckers will be cut down into turret-ships, as the _Royal Sovereign_ has been treated, or be broken up as useless, unable to contend with the smallest gun-boat afloat. Jack heaved a deep sigh as he spoke, adding,
gpt
I cannot help wishing at times that things had remained as they were, and that smoke-jacks and iron-clads, and rams and torpedoes, and other diabolical inventions had never been thought of; but we must take them as they are and make the best use of them in our power. In the next naval war, whenever it takes place, there will be some extraordinary naval events to be recorded. Instead of stately ships and light frigates, with their white canvas reaching to the skies, the ocean will be covered with low black monsters, darting here and there seeking for antagonists, others ramming, and some sending their vile torpedoes beneath an enemy's keel; others thundering away from their monster guns; not a few blowing up and foundering with all hands on board.
human
You do not draw a pleasant picture of the battles of the future, observed Adair, laughing.
gpt
My idea is that if the British fleet is kept up as it should be, no enemy will venture out to attack it.