For one thing, it is important because it sets animals with a sense of self apart from those without a sense of self.

一方面，它很重要是因为它把有自我意识的动物和没有自我意识的区分开来。

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Mastered by his better self he would have returned reluctantly up the tree, but for one thing.

如果不是因为他可以更好的掌握自己，他会不情愿地回到树上，但有一件事是肯定的。

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Avoiding temptation is one effective strategy for maintaining self-control.

远离诱惑是坚持自我控制的一个有效策略。

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For seven years, no one had taught her self-control.

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Virtue means for him a kind of manly self-assertion, audacity, ruthlessness, a reliance on one's own arms and calculated use of cruelty to achieve one's ends.

美德对他而言,是一种具男子气概的自作主张，胆大，冷酷，自助，且还会算计使用残忍手段,来达致目标。

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