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“Humanity is the higher meaning of our planet, the nerve that connects this part of it with the upper world, the eye it raises to heaven.” quote by Novalis — Download Open image

“Humanity is the higher meaning of our planet, the nerve that connects this part of it with the upper world, the eye it raises to heaven.”

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