And several times a year, a generally quiet part of town with no big buildings or yachts comes alive with a flourish.

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And if we have high expectations, if we see the seed of greatness in the students, that seed of greatness is more likely to flourish.

如果我们有很高的期望，如果我们在学生身上看到伟大的潜能，那么这种潜能就更可能被激发。

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The institutions and the ideas therefore, that provide for freedom and improvement in the material conditions of life, cannot take root and flourish without an understanding of how they came about and what challenges they have had to surmount.

故此,这些机制和理念,为物质生活条件的自由和改善,提供了基础,但在不知道其根源且,无法预料的挑战之前,机制和理念是不可能扎根的

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