When an end is lawful and obligatory,the indispensable means to is are also lawful and obligatory .(Abraham Lincoln ,Ame

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When an end is lawful and obligatory,the indispensable means to is are also lawful and obligatory .(Abraham Lincoln ,American statesman)
如果一个目的是正当而必须做的,则达到这个目的的必要手段也是正当而必须采取的.(美国政治家 林肯.A.)
后半句怎么理解?尤其是is和are?

is 应该是it吧?是不是看错了?