The numbersbecome more important than the founding purpose of the organization.

各种数字指标变得越来越重要，而公司成立的目标渐渐被忽略了。

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Not simply because of their size, but because I believe in their founding purpose.

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Its founding purpose - to find a cure - may never have been achieved.

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That was our founding purpose.

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