Given the current state of perilous indifference to the ruination of the planet on the part of so many governments, Humboldt's work should be required reading for every politician.
The Soviets could easily wipe out the UK completely and capture what remained of its resources, while UK retaliation might amount only to the ruination of Moscow.
Then our blimpish host progresses to the ruination of Britain by this wrecking-ball government of ours.
As a staunch believer in non-existent superstitions I feel that the ukulele is a very dangerous, sensual instrument that could lead to the ruination of our young people and rend the very fabric of society.
Terje Rod Larsen, the United Nations special coordinator for the Middle East, blames Israel for the ruination of the Palestinian economy over the last two months.
The murder victim, Bjorn Faulkner, for all his brilliance, was a swindler who was apparently indifferent to the ruination of his investors.
The refugee crisis, resentment over immigration, beheadings by Isis, Islamophobia, distrust of government, the ruination of our planet – all have their parallels, for anyone with the wit to watch the show as more than horror thriller.
"Whether you measure it in deaths, eviction from home and homeland, destruction and loss of property, the ruination of lives in refugee camps, psychological damage to children, or the continual insults from the conquerors and their American patron -- this issue is an existential nightmare from which there seems no awakening," Professor Hudson said.
Before the Iraq war there was, presumably, no compelling evidence that it would result in the death of tens of thousands of innocent people and the ruination of a country.
Anyone who has been observing the Tea Party can see that Trump is happy to tap into a long-percolating narrative of degeneration and the ruination of great American traditions through the corruption of the political establishment.
The result was some 20 years of slaughter and the ruination of a region that had been an oasis of civility in a barbarous age.
