QUERCUS ALBA 



then, almost before it was com- 

 plete, upon the distant horizon 

 loomed a new necessity, a new 

 challenge for life-combat. For, 

 while these three had been fighting 

 for existence, similar battles had 

 been waged all about; and, as Quer- 

 cus Alba himself had done, the 

 other victors here and there began 

 to lift their heads above the gen- 

 eral level. 



Similarly they grew and might- 

 ily, each alike from the life-blood 



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