What does it mean, a new form comes about only to replace an old form which has ceased to be aesthetically viable?

但是新的形式代替旧的形式,来换取审美的重生是什么意思？

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which ends with that line, you'll remember: "New Presbyter is but Old Priest writ Large."

它的结尾是这样的，你们应该记得：,“新的长老只是夸大的旧的牧师而已，“

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New memories get added, some memories get lost; new goals get added, some goals get lost; New believes get added, some believes get lost.

新的记忆加进来，旧的记忆忘掉,新的目标加进来，旧的目标换掉;,增加新的信仰，丢失一些信仰。

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The purpose of new form is not to express new content, but to change an old form which has lost its aesthetic quality lost its power to take the film away from our eyes].

新形式的目的不是要表达新的内容，而是要更换已经失去美学价值的旧形式,不能调整我们看世界的旧眼光了。

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That's where we get this rousing line, "New Presbyter is but Old Priest writ Large."

这就是我们看到激动人心的句子的地方，“新的长老只是夸大的旧的牧师而已，“

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God whips out the old soul, destroys it, puts in a new one with maybe souls only last for a minute and a half.

上帝拿走旧的灵魂，毁掉，注入新的灵魂,那个灵魂可能只产生了一分半钟。

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If God replaced your soul with a new one destroyed the old one, gave the new one all the old memories, beliefs, desires, goals, and so forth, that person who was in class last week yesterday died.

如果上帝把你的灵魂换了,把旧的毁了，换上新的,换上所有记忆，信仰，追求，目标，还有别的，上星期上课的那个人,昨天就死了。

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