They may have watched other civilizations come and go.

He added, "Right now, the modern civilization built by whites is coming close to its practical end."

"We do not know why so advanced a civilization came to an end," he observed.

With the railroad came civilization, and concrete ties to the outside world.

When civilization came, the fishing industry took off, as everybody needed to eat, and there was not enough agricultural goods to go around.

As a result of this, modern civilization comes crashing down.

It was from this island indeed that civilisation first came to Greece.

"If civilization came to an end, what would be art's purpose?"

He says all the children of Helicon should learn to read, for the time when civilization comes back.

"Now that we are partners with America, maybe civilization can come back."