1·It took millions of years to prepare it for the arrival of Man, but far less for Man to despoil it.
为了人类的到来，它花费了百万年的时间去准备，但是人类只在短期内就将其掠夺。
2·Calling Native Americans' primitives' and 'savages' made it okay to conquer and despoil them.
人们把美洲土著居民称为“原始人”和“野蛮人”，从而堂而皇之地征服他们并掠夺他们。