"He was telling us, not only our family, but more and more the public, 'Don't use the ocean as a garbage can, as a universal sewer because it's a life support system.

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Just like our substance doesn't care where the gas is. It's kind of universal.

与压强无关的参考点,那就再好不过了。

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So, this is an important reminder that just because we find something in our culture and just because it might well be pervasive doesn't mean necessarily that it's universal.

这一点很重要，它提醒了我们,不能因为某种现象存在于我们文化中,或者存在于多个文化中,就认为它是无所不在的。

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If we all have a desire to know, ? doesn't this connote something universal, that all should be free, that all should participate in ruling and being ruled as citizens of a city?

如果我们都有求知欲，这不就意味着一种普遍性吗，即所有的人都应是自由人，所有的公民应参与城市中的统治,与被统治的活动？

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