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Although this is an achievement which belongs in a sense to the whole United States, yet it must always seem, to those who followed it most closely, as belonging peculiarly to Cohasset. ALTHOUGH THIS IS AN ACHIEVEMENT WHICH BELONGS IN A SENSE TO THE WHOLE UNITED STATES YET IT MUST ALWAYS SEEM TO THOSE WHO FOLLOWED IT MOST CLOSELY AS BELONGING PECULIARLY TO COHASSIT
r before left the hand of man. Then every single block for the lower portion was meticulously cut, dovetailed, and set in position on Government Island in Cohasset Harbor. The old base, exquisitely laid, where they were thus set up is still visible, as smooth as a billiard table, although grass-covered. In addition to the flawless cutting and joining of the blocks, the ledge itself was cut into a succession of levels suitable to bear a stone foundation--work which was possible only at certain times of the tide and seasons of the year. The cutting of each stone so that it exactly fitted its neighbor, above, below, and at either side, and precisely conformed to the next inner row upon the same level, was nothing short of a marvel. A miniature of the light--the building of which took two winters, and which was on the scale of an inch to a foot--was in the United States Government Building at the Chicago Exposition, and is stone for stone a counterpart of the granite tower in the Atlantic. CH CHISELING HAD NEVER BEFORE LEFT THE HAND OF MAN THEN EVERY SINGLE BLOCK FOR THE LOWER PORTION WAS METICULOUSLY CUT DOVE TAILED AND SET IN POSITION ON GOVERNMENT ISLAND IN COHASSET HARBOR THE OLD BASE EXQUISITELY LAID WHERE THEY WERE THUS SET UP IS STILL VISIBLE AS SMOOTH AS A BILLIARD TABLE ALTHOUGH GRASS COVERED IN ADDITION TO THE FLAWLESS CUTTING AND JOINING OF THE BLOCKS THE LEDGE ITSELF WAS CUT INTO A SUCCESSION OF LEVELS SUITABLE TO BEAR A STONE FOUNDATION WORK WHICH WAS POSSIBLE ONLY AT CERTAIN TIMES OF THE TIDE AND SEASONS OF THE YEAR THE CUTTING OF EACH STONE SO THAT IT EXACTLY FITTED ITS NEIGHBOUR ABOVE BELOW AND AT EITHER SIDE AND PRECISELY CONFORMED TO THE NEXT INNER ROW UPON THE SAME LEVEL WAS NOTHING SHORT OF A MARVEL A MINIATURE OF THE LIGHT THE BUILDING OF WHICH TOOK TWO WINTERS AND WHICH WAS ON THE SCALE OF AN INCH TO A FOOT WAS IN THE UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT BUILDING AT THE CHICAGO EXPOSITION AND IS STONE FOR STONE A COUNTERPART OF THE GRANITE TOWER IN THE ATLANTIC
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