The same thing happened with him that happens with people who appeal to science with direct, simple, vital questions, and not with a view of playing the part of an expounder, writer or teacher in it.

同样的事情发生在他身上，发生在那些以直接、简单、重要的问题诉诸科学，而不是为了在其中扮演解释者、作家或教师角色的人。