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Page 434
... tree larger . When a tree is cut down , the circling grain on the stump tells something of the age and the story of growth . But if we were to saw the whole tree into small sections or divide it lengthwise with a view to tracing the ...
... tree larger . When a tree is cut down , the circling grain on the stump tells something of the age and the story of growth . But if we were to saw the whole tree into small sections or divide it lengthwise with a view to tracing the ...
Page 435
... tree and consider how different all this can be . A tree never loses the vital power of growing . It starts out as rapidly , retains the power of geometrical progression , and is ever young . There seems to be no reason in itself why a tree ...
... tree and consider how different all this can be . A tree never loses the vital power of growing . It starts out as rapidly , retains the power of geometrical progression , and is ever young . There seems to be no reason in itself why a tree ...
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... tree , from head to foot , is armored against evaporation . Consequently its cells , though they hang in the very eye of the sun , are in water as wet as that which surrounded them in the sea . - V - It is when I look at a tree from ...
... tree , from head to foot , is armored against evaporation . Consequently its cells , though they hang in the very eye of the sun , are in water as wet as that which surrounded them in the sea . - V - It is when I look at a tree from ...
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ARCHER B GILFILLAN | 15 |
CAPTAIN WILLIAM OUTERSON | 41 |
OWEN LATTIMORE | 68 |
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