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stood when such varied aspects are considered. 

 The fight with others and the straining after light 

 are similar in both cases, but in the former we have 

 also the endurance of water, provision against the 

 flood, the ability to flourish where there is prac- 

 tically no food, and, most wonderful of all, the 

 power of the razor grass to endure and recover 

 from its cremation. 



