The Secret of England's Power

There is one thing we have in England that you don't have in Brobdingnag sir. Gunpowder. Yes, for all your guns. Explain. England's armies are the envy of the world and the secret of our power is gunpowder. We can destroy whole ranks of an army at once, sink down ships, attack cities and tear up their houses. I will offer it to you to enforce your rule. The blood and desolation you speak of so familiarly comes from an evil source. Speak of this gunpowder. No more.