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Whose "coconut tree" speech included the line "You exist in the context of all in which you live and what came before you"?

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[kon-tekst] / ˈkɒn tɛkst /


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Democracies do this as a matter of course, and we can, too, even if we modify these lessons, and learn from their shortcomings, for our own particular contexts.

From Slate ● Oct. 21, 2026

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"Our findings show that it might be worthwhile to examine targeted antibiotics from ethnographic contexts - or, as in this case, from prehistoric contexts - in greater depth," concludes Siemssen.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 11, 2026

When societies do adopt a new technology from the society that invented it, the diffusion may occur in many different contexts.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond


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