The glacier was God's great plough set at work ages ago to grind, furrow, and knead over, as it were, the surface of the earth. (Louis Agassiz)

The glacier was God's great plough set at work ages ago to grind, furrow, and knead over, as it were, the surface of the earth.

Louis Agassiz

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