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There must have been from two to five miles of other rock lying upon the stuff that crystallized into granite. A wrinkling in the skin of the earth exposed the granite, a wrinkling so gradual that doubtless if generations of men had lived on top of the wrinkle they would have sworn it did not move. THERE MUST HAVE BEEN FROM TWO TO FIVE MILES OF OTHER ROCK LYING UPON THE STUFF THAT CRYSTALLIZED INTO GRANITE A WRINKLING IN THE SKIN OF THE EARTH EXPOSED THE GRANITE A WRINKLING SO GRADUAL THAT DOUBTLESS IF GENERATIONS OF MEN HAD IT LIVED ON TOP OF THE WRINKLE THEY WOULD HAVE SWORN IT DID NOT MOVE
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. 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. Therefore, wherever granite is found we know that it has not been formed by deposit, like limestone and sandstone and slate and other sedimentary rocks, but at a prodigious depth under the solid ground, and by slow crystallizing of molten substances.  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 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 THEREFORE WHEREVER GRANITE IS FOUND WE KNOW THAT IT HAS NOT BEEN FORMED BY DEPOSIT LIKE LIMESTONE AND SANDSTONE AND SLATE AND OTHER SEDIMENTARY ROCKS BUT AT A PRODIGIOUS DEPTH UNDER THE SOLID GROUND AND BY SLOW CRYSTALLISING OF MOLTEN SUBSTANCES
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