All 3 Uses of
pestilence
in
Man And Superman
- And I tell you that in the arts of life man invents nothing; but in the arts of death he outdoes Nature herself, and produces by chemistry and machinery all the slaughter of plague, pestilence and famine.†
Chpt 3 *
- In the old chronicles you read of earthquakes and pestilences, and are told that these showed the power and majesty of God and the littleness of Man.†
Chpt 3
- Over such battles the people run about the streets yelling with delight, and egg their Governments on to spend hundreds of millions of money in the slaughter, whilst the strongest Ministers dare not spend an extra penny in the pound against the poverty and pestilence through which they themselves daily walk.†
Chpt 3
Definition:
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(pestilence) widespread disease (usually severe); or any severely harmful or evil influence that is hard to get rid of