In their efforts to provide a sufficiency of water where there was not one, men have resorted to … - Walter Prescott Webb

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Walter Prescott Webb

In their efforts to provide a sufficiency of water where there was not one, men have resorted to every expedient from prayer to dynamite. The story of their efforts is, on the whole, one of pathos and tragedy, of a few successes and many failures

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