We are living now, not in the delicious intoxication induced by the early successes of science, but in a rather grisly morning-after, when it has become apparent that what triumphant science has done hitherto is to improve the means for achieving unimproved or actually deteriorated ends.

我们现在生活在一个相当可怕的上午之后，而不是由于科学的早期成功所引起的美味的陶醉之中。到目前为止，胜利的科学所做的显然是改进手段，以达到没有改进或实际上已经恶化的目的。