Book VIII. Future Times: The Endless History

Alca is becoming Americanised. — M. Daniset.

And he overthrew¹ those cities, and all the plain, and all the inhabitants of the cities, and that which grew upon the ground.-

Genesis xix. 25.

Te Elladi penie men aei kote suntrhophos esti, arhete de epaktos esti, apo te sophies katergasmene kai nomou ischurhou.14

(Herodotus, Histories, VII. cii.)

14 Poverty has ever been familiar to Greece, but virtue² has been acquired, having been accomplished³ by wisdom and firm laws.

— Henry Cary’s Translation.

You have not seen angels then. — Liber Terribilis.

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We are now beginning to study a chemistry which will deal with effects produced by bodies containing a quantity of concentrated energy the like of which we have not yet had at our disposal.-

Sir William Ramsay.

1 overthrew   

overthrow的过去式

参考例句：

• The people finally rose up and overthrew the reactionary regime. 人们终于起来把反动的政权推翻了。
• They overthrew their King. 他们推翻了国王。

2 virtue   

n.德行，美德；贞操；优点；功效，效力

参考例句：

• He was considered to be a paragon of virtue.他被认为是品德尽善尽美的典范。
• You need to decorate your mind with virtue.你应该用德行美化心灵。

3 accomplished   

adj.有才艺的；有造诣的；达到了的

参考例句：

• Thanks to your help,we accomplished the task ahead of schedule.亏得你们帮忙,我们才提前完成了任务。
• Removal of excess heat is accomplished by means of a radiator.通过散热器完成多余热量的排出。