To found their new states it was necessary to extirpate or to subdue a numerous population, until civilization has been made to blush for their success.
Pour fonder leurs nouveaux États, il a fallu extirper ou soumettre une population nombreuse, jusqu'à ce que la civilisation ait rougi de leur succès.
Opium strikes at the very root of energy, as though it would extirpate that quality altogether.
L'opium frappe l'énergie à sa racine même, comme s'il voulait entièrement extirper cette qualité.