Was he simply obeying a sort of instinctive impulse which was obscure even to himself?

还是他受了一种连他自己也无法了解的本能的冲动呢？

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As children, that impulse is a powerful, instinctive survival mechanism for each of us: the more we understand about our environment, and the more quickly we understand it, the more likely we are to succeed as human beings.

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