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And when I think of this it quickens my hope of what may be: even so it will be with us in time to come; all will have changed, and another people will be dwelling here in England, who, although they may be of our blood and bear our name, will wonder how we lived in the nineteenth century. AND WHEN I THINK OF THIS IT QUICKENS MY HOPE OF WHAT MAY BE EVEN SO IT WILL BE WITH US IN TIME TO COME ALL WILL HAVE CHANGED AND ANOTHER PEOPLE WILL BE DWELLING HERE IN ENGLAND WHO ALTHOUGH THEY MAY BE OF OUR BLOOD AND BEAR OUR NAME WILL WONDER HOW WE LIVED IN THE NINETEENTH CENTURY
d, or fords where they could; the little towns, well bechurched, often walled; the villages just where they are now (except for those that have nothing but the church left to tell of them), but better and more populous; their churches, some big and handsome, some small and curious, but all crowded with altars and furniture, and gay with pictures and ornament; the many religious houses, with their glorious architecture; the beautiful manor-houses, some of them castles once, and survivals from an earlier period; some new and elegant; some out of all proportion small for the importance of their lords. How strange it would be to us if we could be landed in fourteenth century England; unless we saw the crest of some familiar hill, like that which yet bears upon it a symbol of an English tribe, and from which, looking down on the plain where Alfred was born, I once had many such ponderings, we should not know into what country of the world we were come: the name is left, scarce a thing else. ND PEOPLE USING FERRIES INSTEAD OR FORDS WHERE THEY COULD THE LITTLE TOWNS WELL BECHURCHED OFTEN WALLED THE VILLAGES JUST WHERE THEY ARE NOW EXCEPT FOR THOSE THAT HAVE NOTHING BUT THE CHURCH LEFT TO TELL OF THEM BUT BIGGER AND MORE POPULOUS THEIR CHURCHES SOME BIG AND HANDSOME SOME SMALL AND CURIOUS BUT ALL CROWDED WITH ALTARS AND FURNITURE AND GAY WITH PICTURES AND ORNAMENT THE MANY RELIGIOUS HOUSES WITH THEIR GLORIOUS ARCHITECTURE THE BEAUTIFUL MANOR HOUSES SOME OF THEM CASTLES ONCE AND SURVIVALS FROM AN EARLIER PERIOD SOME NEW AND ELEGANT SOME OUT OF ALL PROPORTION SMALL FOR THE IMPORTANCE OF THEIR LORDS HOW STRANGE IT WOULD BE TO US IF WE COULD BE LANDED IN FOURTEENTH CENTURY ENGLAND UNLESS WE SAW THE CREST OF SOME FAMILIAR HILL LIKE THAT WHICH YET BEARS UPON IT A SYMBOL OF AN ENGLISH TRIBE AND FROM WHICH LOOKING DOWN ON THE PLAIN WHERE ALFRED WAS BORN I ONCE HAD MANY SUCH PONDERINGS WE SHOULD NOT KNOW INTO WHAT COUNTRY OF THE WORLD WE WERE COME THE NAME IS LEFT SCARCE A THING ELSE
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