The result of literate population is not only people can read, to utilize tools effectively, to go through their environment.

一个有文化素养人,不仅可以阅读，可以有效使用工具，适应生存的环境。

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Suppose we don't know what economic circumstances we'd be born into and what kind of contingencies we'd have in life.

假设我们不知道,将会在怎样的经济环境中生存,而生命中又会有怎样的意外发生。

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Man is born in a state of the most helpless dependence on other people."

人生来就处在一个极端无助的,依赖别人生存的环境中"

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