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The Soil and the Seed: Knowledge as the Foundation of Progress

By Rajat WaghareSeptember 6, 2025
Knowledge is the soil in which civilizations grow. It is not just the collection of facts but the shaping of ideas, systems, and shared meaning. Like fertile ground, knowledge allows visionaries to plant seeds of transformation. When the printing press spread literacy, it was not the machine alone that mattered—it was the soil of human curiosity that let books transform society. Progress comes not from knowledge in isolation, but when it nurtures imagination and provides tools for human growth.
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