Sentences with phrase «destructive ravages»

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We go ourselves in search of green grass and of such means as may alleviate the ravages of an earth whose prevalent systems are advantageous for so few and demeaning and destructive for so many.

Is it the case that man will be able to conserve himself, his civilization, his history and the world not only from the ravages of time and death but also from man's own destructive and demonic tendencies?

Booklist (starred review) This character - driven novel looks at the ravages of rare book theft on libraries, and, more broadly, the destructive effects of contemporary greed... on cultural heritage.

His pitch for Capitalocene leaves out environmental ravages committed under Communist regimes in the Soviet Union and China, where destructive policies began under Mao well before that country's own capitalist tilt.