{"product_id":"the-adventures-of-a-grain-of-dust-gb-38066","title":"The Adventures of a Grain of Dust","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Adventures of a Grain of Dust\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eI don't want you to think that I'm boasting, but I do\r\nbelieve I'm one of the greatest travellers that ever was;\r\nand if anybody, living or dead, has ever gone through with\r\nmore than I have I'd like to hear about it.\nNot that I've personally been in all the places or taken\r\npart in all the things I tell in this bookI don't mean to\r\nsay thatbut I do ask you to remember how long it is\r\npossible for a grain of dust to last, and how many other\r\nfar-travelled and much-adventured dust grains it must\r\nmeet and mix with in the course of its life.\nThe heart of the most enduring grains of dust is a little\r\nparticle of sand, the very hardest part of the original rock\r\nfragment out of which it was made. That's what makes\r\neven the finest mud seem gritty when it dries on your\r\nfeet. And the longer these sand grains last the harder\r\nthey get, as you may say; for it is the hardest part that\r\nremains, of course, as the grain wears down. Moreover,\r\nthe smaller it gets the less it wears. If it happens to be\r\nspending its time on the seashore, for example, the very\r\nsame kind of waves that buffet it about so, waves that,\r\nfarther down the beach hurl huge blocks of stone against\r\nthe cliffs and crack them to pieces, not only do not wear\r\naway the sand grains, to speak of, but actually save them\r\nfrom wear. The water between the grains protects them;\r\nlike little cushions. And the sand in the finer dust grains[Pg vi]\r\ncarried by the wind is protected by the material that\r\ngathers on its surface.\n\u003cb\u003e ......Buy Now (To Read More)\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eProduct details\u003ch3\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eEbook Number\u003c\/b\u003e: 38066 \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor\u003c\/b\u003e: Hawksworth, Hallam \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eRelease Date\u003c\/b\u003e: Nov 20, 2011 \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat\u003c\/b\u003e: eBook \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage\u003c\/b\u003e: English \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"booksdeli.com","offers":[{"title":"Hawksworth, Hallam,1863- \/ eBook \/ English","offer_id":43220639580317,"sku":"gb-38066-ebook","price":9.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0619\/5648\/9373\/products\/38066.jpg?v=1671556325","url":"https:\/\/booksdeli.com\/products\/the-adventures-of-a-grain-of-dust-gb-38066","provider":"booksdeli.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}