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When spring came Steve Schroeder was leader, as Lake had wanted. It was / a duty and a responsibility that would be under circumstances different / from those of any of the leaders before him. The grim fight was over for / a while. They were adapted and increasing in number; going into Big / Summer and into a renascence that would last for fifty years. They would / have half a century in which to develop their environment to its fullest / extent. Then Big Fall would come, to destroy all they had accomplished, / and the Gerns would come, to destroy them.
It was his job to make certain that by then they would be stronger than / either.