Sentence examples for element of civilization from inspiring English sources

The German-born philosopher Francis Lieber called it an "element of civilization" — worthy of comparison with the printing press and the mariner's compass.

"Our national life," wrote Prus, "will take a normal course only when we have become a useful, indispensable element of civilization, when we have become able to give nothing for free and to demand nothing for free".

In the interests of maintaining their hold on the elements of civilization companies delay the development of new resources and divert old resources not to where they are most needed but to where the highest profits can be expected.

By Hendrik Hertzberg The New Yorker, August 23 , 1999P. 62 Talk story about National Geographic Adventure (publ).... Writer describes the cover photograph, which although of a desolate landscape at first glance, has elements of civilization in it on further examination..

"May I ask your cooperation in the preparation of a map showing the distribution of the higher elements of civilization throughout the world?" Huntington began, and he continued: My purpose is to prepare a map which shall show the distribution of those characteristics which are generally recognized as of the highest value.

While Mr. Quinn stood on a stage designed to look like a decaying amphitheater, repeating a routine about the elements of civilization the Romans appropriated from the Greeks, Mr. Seinfeld sat to the side, forcing his audibly hoarse star to start over if he stumbled on his lines or omitted even a single word.

Courtesy, urbanity, good humor, wealth, self-satisfaction, and other destructive elements of civilization had descended upon Liston like the Asian flu, and Ibn Khaldun, that matchless Tunisian diagnostician, would have instantly recognized the symptoms of what is in store for him.

People don't think about engineers as significant elements of civilization and society.

Other elements of civilization (such as toys, money, batteries, and cellular phones) are rapidly infiltrating especially in the northern villages, and it is no longer unusual for a Baduy Luar making a journey to Jakarta, or even working outside their community as a hired hand during the rice planting and reaping seasons.

"The Shelter" hits on paranoia as does "Maple Street" before it, but also leaves for a frightening takeaway regarding the fragile elements of civilization.

With escalating intensity, he issued innovative works of philosophy that challenged every element of European civilization.