1.The armament of any of the great powers could destroy civilization.
任何大国的军事力量都能摧毁文明世界。
2.You think that, left alone, the natural inclinations of man would destroy civilization.
你们认为如果让人的自然天性单独运作它会破坏文明。
3.If builders built buildings the way programmers wrote programs, then the first woodpecker that came along would destroy civilization.
如果建筑者象程序员写程序那样造房子，那么史上出现的第一只啄木鸟也许就会毁了文明。