It must not step out of character and take the place of anything else. What is the function of the Law? "Transgression," answers the Apostle. The Twofold Purpose of the Law
The Law has a twofold purpose. One purpose is civil. God has ordained civil laws to punish crime. Every law is given to restrain sin. Does it not then make men righteous?英文原著 · 《Commentary on the Epistle to the Galatians》
Well, it was done! Only fools without will or purpose regretted. And suddenly he laughed. So Larry had died for nothing! He had no will, no purpose, and was dead! He and that girl might now have been living, loving each other in the warm night, away at the other end of the world, instead of lying dead in the cold night here! Fools and weaklings regretted, suffered from conscience and remorse. A man trod firmly, held to his purpose, no matter what!英文原著 · 《Five Tales》
"I believe my nurse never taught me to play, only to remember that I was a little gentleman. All the same, when I am with you, or with my cousin Francis, I can manage it to a certain extent."
Falbe looked at him encouragingly. "Oh, you're getting on," he said. "You take yourself more for granted than you used to. I remember you when you used to be polite on purpose. It's doing things on purpose that makes one serious. If you ever play the fool on purpose, you instantly cease playing the fool."
"Is that it?" said Michael. "Yes, of course.英文原著 · 《Michael》
Accordingly, the reviving of the dead in those revolutions served the purpose of glorifying the new struggles, not of parodying the old; it served the purpose of exaggerating to the imagination the given task, not to recoil before its practical solution; it served the purpose of rekindling the revolutionary spirit, not to trot out its ghost.英文原著 · 《The Eighteenth Brumaire of Louis Bonaparte》
``I don't know, friend,'' said the Hon. Sam; ``but it is not my business nor prithee thine; since by the laws of the tournament a knight may ride masked for a specified time or until a particular purpose is achieved, that purpose being, I wot, victory for himself and for me a handful of byzants from thee.''英文原著 · 《A Knight of the Cumberland》
"None. Write the prescription, whatever it may be, on that leaf," said the other, giving him the pocket-book. "Write it down, with plain directions for use." Trudaine obeyed. "This is the first step," continued Lomaque, putting the book in his pocket, "toward the accomplishment of my purpose--my uncertain purpose, remember! Now, listen; I am going to put my own head in danger for the chance of saving yours and your sister's by tampering with the death-list. Don't interrupt me! If I can save one, I can save the other. Not a word about gratitude!英文原著 · 《AFTER DARK》
I might find your effort at exploring my true purpose a little more affecting if it didn't feel like the purpose you wanted me to pursue instead was yours.美剧 · 《Billions》
You're quoting 240-2-7, and it's "No legitimate purpose." He was reporting on a protest. That's a legitimate purpose.美剧 · 《The News Room》