However, the laudable effort to prevent such a thing from recurring has had unfortunate consequences. For, in our zeal to learn lessons from history, we often learn the wrong ones, or distort history towards dubious ends.
然而试图阻止这类事件重演的善行却带来了不幸的后果。因为在努力从历史中取经的时候，我们常常会学到了错的东西，或者歪曲了历史并导致不可预知的结局。