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Granite is a rock which is formed under immense pressure and in the presence of confined moisture, needing a weight of fifteen thousand pounds upon every inch. GRANITE IS A ROCK WHICH IS FORMED UNDER IMMENSE PRESSURE AND IN THE PRESENCE OF CONFINED MOISTURE NEEDING A WEIGHT OF FIFTEEN THOUSAND POUNDS UPON EVERY INCH
brown coast which gives Cohasset her Riviera-like fame, lie marshes, liquefying into mirrors at high tide, melting into lush green at low tide. Between the ledges and the marshes winds Jerusalem Road, bearing a continual stream of sight-seers and fringed with estates hidden from the sight-seers; estates with terraces dashed by spindrift, with curving stairways hewn in sheer rock down to the water, with wind-twisted savins, and flowers whose bright bloom is heightened by the tang of salt. For too many a passing traveler Cohasset is known only as the most fashionable resort on the South Shore. But Cohasset's story is a longer one than that, and far more profound. Cohasset is founded upon a rock, and the making of that rock is so honestly and minutely recorded by nature that even those who take alarm at the word "geology" may read this record with ease. These rocky ledges that stare so proudly across the sea underlie, also, every inch of soil, and are of the same kind everywhere--granite. LAND FROM THE BOLD BROWN COAST WHICH GIVES COHAASSAT HER RIVIERA LIKE FAME LIE MARSHES LIQUEFYING INTO MIRRORS AT HIGH TIDE MELTING INTO LUSH GREEN AT LOW TIDE BETWEEN THE LEDGES AND THE MARSHES WINDS JERUSALEM ROAD BEARING A CONTINUAL STREAM OF SIGHTSEERS AND FRINGED WITH ESTATES HIDDEN FROM THE SIGHTSEERS ESTATES WITH TERRACES DASHED BY SPINDRIFT WITH CURVING STAIRWAYS HEWN IN SHEER ROCK DOWN TO THE WATER WITH WIND TWISTED SAVENS AND FLOWERS WHOSE BRIGHT BLOOM IS HEIGHTENED BY THE TANG OF SALT FOR TOO MANY A PASSING TRAVELLER COHASSIT IS KNOWN ONLY AS THE MOST FASHIONABLE RESORT ON THE SOUTH SHORE BUT COHASSIT'S STORY IS A LONGER ONE THAN THAT AND FAR MORE PROFOUND COHASIT IS FOUNDED UPON A ROCK AND THE MAKING OF THAT ROCK IS SO HONESTLY AND MINUTELY RECORDED BY NATURE THAT EVEN THOSE WHO TAKE ALARM AT THE WORD GEOLOGY MAY READ THIS RECORD WITH EASE THESE ROCKY LEDGES THAT STARE SO PROUDLY ACROSS THE SEA UNDERLIE ALSO EVERY INCH OF THE SOIL AND ARE OF THE SAME KIND EVERYWHERE GRANITE
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