The Swiss deposits contain clear evidence of such catastrophes. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯.世界史纲.
Catastrophes are disastrous to radical and conservative alike: they do not preserve what was worth maintaining; they allow a deformed and often monstrous perversion of the original plan. 沃尔特·李普曼.政治序论.
That is what precipitates violence, that is what renders social co-operation impossible, that is what makes catastrophes the method of change. 沃尔特·李普曼.政治序论.
Wars that were unmeaning catastrophes swept down upon any little gleam of prosperity or decency to which this or that community clambered. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯.世界史纲.