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trade. Sugarcane underscores the truth of Thomas Jefferson's remark that there is no great-
er gift to mankind than the discovery of a new food. It also underscores the pertinence of
historian Manning Clark's remark that without evil, there would be no history. And yet,
the history of sugarcane also underscores another truth about humans and their gifts: It is
the spirit-warming human capacity for transcending unspeakable hardship to build new and
productive lives in far-off, alien places.
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