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 398 between us that with every autumn the old Leaves die, and with every spring new Leaves are born; but if the Roots once perish neither you nor the tree can live at all."

(Krilov, Fables. Adapted from translation by William R. S. Ralston.)

(Krilov, Fables. Translated from the Russian for Fraser's Magazine.)