Recently freshmen have gazed with wonder and admiration at workmen carefully warming the stone gate with blast torches. One suggested termites as the cause of this activity.
The truth of the matter is that the thing was slowly melting away. CO1 and SO2 from the oilburners of Boston dissolved in rain and formed corrosive acids which attacked the limestone.
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