Ruins and basilicas, palaces and colossi, set in the midst of a sordid present, where all that was living and warm-blooded seemed sunk in the deep degeneracy of a superstition divorced from reverence; the dimmer but yet eager Titanic life gazing and struggling on walls and ceilings; the long vistas of white forms whose marble eyes seemed to hold the monotonous light of an alien world: all this vast wreck of ambitious ideals, sensuous and spiritual, mixed confusedly with the signs of breathing fo
He was married to an American woman, obese and slatternly, fallen to this pass by Heaven knows what process of degradation, and every day the boarders took it in turns to help her with the housework.
Also, floating in prolonged zero gravity can cause acute medical conditions, such as irreversible changes to blood vessels in the retina, leading to vision degradation, and the skeleton can leach calcium and bone mass.
A daily sunscreen also helps prevent UV related collagen degradation.
They found that their gut microbiota does not significantly contribute to the degradation of cellulose and lignin, which are abundant in bamboo.
Among concerns voiced by residents of Guraidhoo are a monsoon season that has become more erratic and intense, and degradation of the reef system, which acts as a natural buffer against rising seas.
China released an action plan on soil pollution in May, in which the State Council vowed to curb soil pollution by 2020 and improve soil quality by 2030, completing the tasks outlined in action plans on environmental degradation issued by the central government.
Akinwumi Adesina, president of the AfDB, told the Financial Times that Africa was facing a "triangle of disaster" in high youth unemployment, extreme poverty and environmental degradation related to climate change.
They want to speed up the process of discovering the chemical secrets behind the natural degradation of plastic.
But Boeri now has even bolder plans for China: to create entire "forest cities" in a country that has become synonymous with environmental degradation and smog.
Shrimp aquaculture has resulted in the large-scale degradation of coastal areas, the destruction of wetlands, and salinization of freshwater areas and drinking water.
"It solves two major problems mankind faces at one time: environmental degradation and the need for increased grain output, " Wang Feng, co-author of the paper from Fujian Academy of Agricultural Sciences, told Xinhua.
You may even poke fun at yourself or let other people make jokes about you because you are able to mentally draw the line between humor and degradation.
We suffer political oppression, economic exploitation, and social degradation -- all of them from the same enemy.
Experts at Oregon State University (OSU) believe they have taken a step to understanding the degradation of memory that happens with age in many mammals, including humans, because no effect was seen in older mice used in the study.
Or it could be those factors in tandem with others, like the degradation of our internal networks of bacteria, which in turn could be caused by the overuse of antibiotics or other environmental issues.
Habitat degradation, resulting from development, agricultural run off, sewage pollution and destructive fishing practices has led to a tripling in the number of poisonous algal species identified by scientists, increasing fish kills, beach closures, and economic losses.
One has a greater sense of intellectual degradation after an interview with a doctor than from any human experience.