The study and knowledge of the universe would somehow be lame and defective were no practical results to follow.

The study and knowledge of the universe would somehow be lame and defective were no practical results to follow.

如果没有实际的结果，对宇宙的研究和知识将不知何故是站不住脚和有缺陷的。

-- Marcus Tullius Cicero 西塞罗