He felt pity for those who take fright at the span of a century or whose love is bounded by the frontiers of a nation. (religion-online.org)
I argue for the latter, although it's not inconceivable that the former has taken place, that we have literally evolved so that the more pacific parts of human nature have been strengthened, at least over a span of centuries or millennia. (newscientist.com)
The sophist ideas of marxism have now been throughly refuted over the span of a century, especially with regard to the economic ones, but a great deal of damage was done, hardship endured, and lives lost in the process. (newscientist.com)