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Some believed that the higher you build your levee, the higher the river's bottom will rise; and that consequently the levee system is a mistake. Some believed in the scheme to relieve the river, in flood-time, by turning its surplus waters off into Lake Borgne, etc. Some believed in the scheme of northern lake-reservoirs to replenish the Mississippi in low-water seasons.
Some believed that the higher you build your levee, the higher the river's bottom will rise; and that consequently the levee system is a mistake. Some believed in the scheme to relieve the river, in flood-time, by turning its surplus waters off into Lake Borgne, etc. Some believed in the scheme of northern lake-reservoirs to replenish the Mississippi in low-water seasons.
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