The Experiment
Noman has an experiment, which he is carrying out to test the nature of human beings and to see if his Noble Warriors can maintain and renew themselves without help. This is the analogy he uses: A farmer went to his field one day and wanted to plant some corn. He realises that he will not be in his field forever: one day he will die. So he chooses the best seeds of corn, he irrigates the field and fences it. He does not intervene with the crops, many die but those that survive will renew themselves every year. The corn that will grow year after year will be able to feed his children and his children's children forever.
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