“Empty arguments with words cannot (in any way) compare with a test which will show practical results.”
Ma Jun, inventor or reinventor of the South Pointing Chariot and the differential gear.
The word empty spoils the quotation. The point is that
Powerful arguments with words cannot compete with a test which will show practical results
or
Good arguments with words that lose to a test which shows practical results are reduced thereby to empty arguments.
I read it as
Arguments with words are inherently empty, and therefore cannot compare with a test which will show practical results.
“Empty arguments with words cannot (in any way) compare with a test which will show practical results.”
Ma Jun, inventor or reinventor of the South Pointing Chariot and the differential gear.
The word empty spoils the quotation. The point is that
or
I read it as