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This sentence is the second half of the sentence, which means "only things that are common on the earth will have an impact and play a role."

The original sentence should read:

Crime is common, survival is common, and no quality has any function on the earth except those common qualities.

Crime is universal, existence is universal, and only the common things on the earth will have an impact and play a role.

Many usages of sentences in sherlock holmes are worth seeing.

Author: AOI