It turns out not, but it does evince the fact that we have some basic syntax like mathematics and equal signs and whatnot with which we can now start using for more useful purposes.

结果不是那样的，但这的确有个事实,我们有些基本的运算法则和等号和,其他一些东西，用来为我们一些,更多有用的目的而服务的。

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Now, the purpose of this simile is to evince the indistinctness and the confusion produced by our vision of the fallen angels.

这个比喻的目的,是要表明由我们想象的天使们的样子,带来的模糊和困惑。

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