And they attribute it to the fact that, for all sorts of reasons, the ugly kid just matters less to the parent.

他们把这个现象归因为，不知道为什么，父母就是没那么喜欢丑小孩。

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It was an attribute of the regime of which one was a member.

因为自由意味着整个社会的自由,个体作为其中一员不能单独享有。

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The answer lies in "a universal attribute of instinct and perhaps of organic life in general," that "an instinct is an urge inherent in organic life to restore an earlier state of things."

答案就在本能,或者生命机体中“,他说：，“本能就是生命体与生俱来的,想要回到最初状态的驱动力“

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