President Kennedy once said: "I am certain that after the dust of centuries has passed over our cities, we,too,will be remembered not for our victories or defeats in battle or politics, but for our contribution to the human spirit."

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First, that everybody knows realities, people believe that because we all immersed in it, and that already defeats models that you might have.

第一条便是，每个人都知道现实，人们相信现实，因为我们都存在于现实中，现实可能摧毁了你曾经有过的世界观。

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It not only defeats wrong, but it creates right and it creates citizens who behave rightly.

它不仅抵御错误行为,还要树立正确观念,并且,培养出行为端正的市民

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You have the young storm god, Marduk, who defeats Tiamat, the watery ferocious deep monster, and does so by blasting a wind into her and so establishes his claim to rule, instead of the old sky god, Anu.

年轻的暴风之神Marduk，凭借一阵狂风，打败了Tiamat-在深水凶猛的怪物,他取代了天空之神Anu，建立了自己的统治。

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