Ninety-three By Victor Hugo, Aline Delano

Ninety-three By Victor Hugo, Aline Delano: "A cannon that breaks loose from its fastenings is suddenly transformed into a supernatural beast It is a monster developed from a machine This mass runs along on its wheels as easily as a billiard ball it rolls with the rolling pitches with the pitching comes and goes stops seems to meditate begins anew darts like an arrow from one end of the ship to the other whirls around turns aside evades rears hits out crushes kills exterminates It is a ram battering a wall at its own pleasure Moreover the battering ram is iron the wall is wood It is matter set free one might say that this eternal slave is wreaking its vengeance it would seem as though the evil in what we call inanimate objects had found vent and suddenly burst forth it has the air of having lost its patience and of taking a"