Celina Sourbeer

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From soil, humans emerge; from humans, agriculture emerges, potentially bettering the soil; with better soil, the leisure for advanced culture, including arts, literature, theology, and the university; with advanced culture, the education of humans and the development of agriculture; with the education of humans and new agriculture, the soil is bettered. In a friendly and rational universe, this pattern continues in a positive feedback loop.
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