科学はよいものであるが、それはそれ自体が目的なのではない。それは目的のための手段であって、その目的とは人類の進歩である。

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English Translation

Science is a good thing, but it is not an end in itself; it is a means toward an end and that end is human betterment.

Furigana

科学(かがく)はよいものであるが、それはそれ自体(じたい)が目的(もくてき)なのではない。それは目的(もくてき)のための手段(しゅだん)であって、その目的(もくてき)とは人類(じんるい)の進歩(しんぽ)である。

Romanji

Kagaku wa yoi mono de aru ga, sore wa sore jitai ga mokuteki na no de wa nai. sore wa mokuteki no tame no shudan de atte, sono mokuteki to wa jinrui no shinpo de aru.

Words

科学 (かがく)

science

は (は)

topic marker particle; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis

良い (よい)

good; excellent; fine; nice; pleasant; agreeable; sufficient (can be used to turn down an offer); ready; prepared; profitable (e.g. deal, business offer, etc.); beneficial; OK

者 (もの、もん)

person

だ (だ)

be; is; indicates past or completed action; indicates light imperative

或 (ある)

a certain ...; some ...

が (が)

indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; still; and

其れ (それ)

that (indicating an item or person near the listener, the action of the listener, or something on their mind); it; that time; then; there (indicating a place near the listener); you

自体 (じたい)

itself; one's own body; oneself; originally; naturally; by nature; from the start

目的 (もくてき)

purpose; goal; aim; objective; intention

の (の)

indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; (at sentence-end, falling tone) indicates a confident conclusion; (at sentence-end) indicates emotional emphasis; (at sentence-end, rising tone) indicates question

ない (ない)

not; emphatic suffix

為 (ため)

good; advantage; benefit; welfare; sake; purpose; objective; aim; consequence; result; effect; affecting; regarding; concerning

手段 (しゅだん)

means; way; measure

其の (その)

that (something or someone distant from the speaker, close to the listener; actions of the listener, or ideas expressed or understood by the listener); the; um...; er...; uh...

と (と)

if; when; and; with; particle used for quoting (with speech, thoughts, etc.); quoting particle; promoted pawn; indicates question (sentence end)

人類 (じんるい)

mankind; humanity

進歩 (しんぽ)

progress; advance; improvement; development