The Human Tide: How Population Shaped the Modern WorldEvery phase since the advent of the industrial revolution from the fate of the British Empire, to the global challenges from Germany, Japan and Russia, to America's emergence as a sole superpower, to the Arab Spring, to the long term decline of economic growth that started with Japan and has now spread to Europe, to China's meteoric economy, to Brexit and the presidency of Donald Trump can be explained better when we appreciate the meaning of

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I swallowed a seed

Someone had to find food and pay the mortgage even if his mother was too sick to work

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offering secrets in return for his life

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Will they be able to cheer their new friend up before bedtime

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she has gone

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causing undue anxiety that steals your faith