The covenant also entails God's promise to restore the rhythm of life and nature and never again to destroy the earth.

诺亚之约，使上帝必须信守自己的诺言,重新恢复人类和自然的秩序，永远不能再毁坏。

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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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