Xylem/main Function - Upwards Water Transport

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    The main trouble [with this country] is there are too many people who don’t know where they’re going and they want to get there too fast.
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    I hear lake water lapping with low sounds by the shore;
    While I stand on the roadway, or on the pavements gray,
    I hear it in the deep heart’s core.
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