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  \dorecurse{1000}{
    The Earth, as a habitat for animal life, is in old age and
    has a fatal illness. Several, in fact. It would be happening
    whether humans had ever evolved or not. But our presence is
    like the effect of an old|-|age patient who smokes many packs
    of cigarettes per day |=| and we humans are the cigarettes.
    \par
  }
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