The estimation in which these gentlemen were held, according to one of the most scientific exponents of the Gun Club, was “proportional to the masses of their guns, and in the direct ratio of the square of the distances attained by their projectiles.”

根据枪炮俱乐部最科学的代表之一的说法，这些先生们的评价是“与他们的枪炮质量成正比，与他们的炮弹达到的距离的平方成正比。”

Nevertheless, these valiant artillerists took no particular account of these little facts, and felt justly proud when the despatches of a battle returned the number of victims at ten-fold the quantity of projectiles expended.

然而，这些勇敢的炮兵并没有特别在意这些小事实，当战斗报告返回的伤亡人数是所用炮弹数量的十倍时，他们感到理所当然的自豪。