Expedients are for the hour , but principles are for the ages .

权宜之计只为暂时，而原则则是长久之计。

The era of procrastination , of half-measures , of soothing and baffling expedients , of delays , is coming to its close .

继续拖延、折衷和自我安慰似的权宜之计的时代已接近尾声。

What do you think of those two expedients ?

你觉得这两种办法怎么样？

The era of procrastination , of half-measures , of soothing and baffling expedients , of delays , is coming to its close . In its place we are entering a period of consequences .

继续拖延，折衷，和自我安慰式的权宜之计的时代已经接近尾声。取而代之的，我们将开始生活于其后果之中。

The sole factor that could possibly prevent any of these from being completely fungible is the difficulty of subdividing their separate units ; and various expedients have been adopted , which , at least as far as money is concerned , have entirely robbed this difficulty of all practical significance .

能阻碍任何股票和债务成为完全的可互换的因素来自于个别单位再支解的贫苦；而各种各样的权宜之计曾经被采纳，至少就钱币而言，它们已经在实践中克服了这个困难的问题。