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It is no longer the guardian and the chronicle of ages that we should otherwise forget: ruin to day is an age heaped up in rubble around us before it has ceased to be still green in our memory. IT IS NO LONGER THE GUARDIAN AND THE CHRONICLE OF AGES THAT WE SHOULD OTHERWISE FORGET RUIN TO DAY IS AN AGE HEAPED UP IN RUBBLE AROUND US BEFORE IT HAS CEASED TO BE STILL GREEN IN OUR MEMORY
ured over it, as though on the other side some serene garden grew, where no disaster came, tended by girls who had never heard of war, walking untrodden paths. It was not so. But one's fancy, weary of ruin, readily turns to such scenes wherever facts are hidden, though but by a tottering wall, led by a few bright leaves or the glimpse of a flower. But not for any fancy of mine must you picture ruin any more as something graced with splendour, or as it were an argosy reaching the shores of our day laden with grandeur and dignity out of antiquity. Ruin to-day is not covered with ivy, and has no curious architecture or strange secrets of history, and is not beautiful or romantic at all. It has no tale to tell of old civilizations, not otherwise known, told of by few grey stones. Ruin to-day is destruction and sorrow and debt and loss, come down untidily upon modern homes and cutting off ordinary generations, smashing the implements of familiar trades and making common avocations obsolete. OF SCARLET CREEPER POURED OVER IT AS THOUGH ON THE OTHER SIDE SOME SERENE GARDEN GREW WHERE NO DISASTER CAME TENDED BY GIRLS WHO HAD NEVER HEARD OF WAR WALKING UNTRODDEN PATHS IT WAS NOT SO BUT ONE'S FANCY WEARY OF RUIN READILY TURNS TO SUCH SCENES WHEREVER FACTS ARE HIDDEN THOUGH BUT BY A TOTTERING WALL LED BY A FEW BRIGHT LEAVES OR THE GLIMPSE OF A FLOWER BUT NOT FOR ANY FANCY OF MINE MUST YOU PICTURE RUIN ANY MORE AS SOMETHING GRACED WITH SPLENDOUR OR AS IT WERE AN ARGUSTI REACHING THE SHORES OF OUR DAY LADEN WITH GRANDEUR AND DIGNITY OUT OF ANTIQUITY RUIN TO DAY IS NOT COVERED WITH IVY AND HAS NO CURIOUS ARCHITECTURE OR STRANGE SECRETS OF HISTORY AND IS NOT BEAUTIFUL OR ROMANTIC AT ALL IT HAS NO TALE TO TELL OF OLD CIVILIZATIONS NOT OTHERWISE KNOWN TOLD OF BY FEW GREY STONES RUIN TO DAY IS DESTRUCTION AND SORROW AND DEBT AND LOSS COME DOWN UNTIDILY UPON MODERN HOMES AND CUTTING OFF ORDINARY GENERATIONS SMASHING THE IMPLEMENTS OF FAMILIAR TRADES AND MAKING COMMON AVOCATIONS OBSOLETE
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