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No risk is more terrifying than that taken by the first root.
surface area of this root system is easily one hundred times greater than that of all the leaves put together.
Every species on Earth – past or present, from the single-celled microbe to the biggest dinosaur, daisies, trees, people – must accomplish the same five things in order to persist: grow, reproduce, rebuild, store resources, and defend itself.