It is not a matter of ends justifying means: but of the creation of new means and new ends.

  • -- Joseph O'Connor 欧康纳

这不是目的证明手段正当的问题,而是创造新的手段和新的目的的问题。

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This substance, which is manifold in its forms and protean in its transformations, has, in its state of living matter, one physiological name which has become familiar, that of protoplasm.

这种物质的形式是多种多样的,变化是千变万化的,在它的生命状态中,有一个大家熟悉的生理学名称,那就是原生质。

I'm not dogmatic the claims may not ultimately be wrong. But on the time scale that's going to matter, it's very difficult to come close to achieving the objectives that have been set.

我不是教条主义者,这些说法可能最终不会错。但是在时间尺度上这很重要,很难接近已经设定的目标。