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was a certain tendency in this direction. It seems hardly likely, 
however, to be permanent. The two classes of business will 
probably in the long run continue to be transacted in about the 
usual proportions, each meeting the requirements of its own type 
of assurer. 
Having regard to the history of its past there is every 
reason to suppose that the business will continue to prosper in 
the future, and that its power to resist and survive the strain 
it has endured will stand it in good stead throughout the years 
to come.