This was bad news for Hutton, of course, but good news for science as it cleared the way for a man named John Playfair to rewrite Hutton's work without fear of embarrassment.

这对赫顿来说当然是坏消息，但对科学界来说却是个好消息，因为它为一个名叫约翰·普莱费尔的人无愧地改写赫顿的作品铺平了道路。