Some studies claim that the effect in fact depends on a few public-spirited people willing to set an example.

某些研究表明，实际效果取决于那些愿意以身作则具有公益精神的人。

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Thanks to the traders who had spirited Luther’s works, along with more conventional merchandise, through England’s ports, people in London learned what was going on in Germany with remarkable speed.

商人们通过英格兰的港口运输常规商品时也夹带偷运进路德的作品，因此德国发生了什么，伦敦人很快就能知道。

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When there’s a place, a topic, and kindred people, there’s an opportunity to engage in spirited dialogue, and a new opportunity for salespeople to grow awareness and trust.

一旦有了适当的场合、话题和上百个参与者，就可以引发一场充满激情的对话，造就一个推动品牌认知和信任增长的新机遇。

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Reporting back from the front, the House is Occupied by generally delightful, smart, publicly spirited people who are underpaid relative to the level of responsibility they shoulder.

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One of the key selling points of Obamacare was that it would reduce cost, in large part through smart public-spirited people making optimized decisions from the top in Washington.

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And finally, we have mean-spirited people.

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