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When all the clatter had died away Timgad stood there in silence. At Pompeii, city and citizens ended together. WHEN ALL THE CLATTER HAD DIED AWAY TIMGAD STOOD THERE IN SILENCE AT POMPEII CITY AND CITIZENS ENDED TOGETHER
at it is worth while to travel to far countries, whoever can, to see one of those books, and where the edges are turned up a little to catch sight of those strange winged bulls and mysterious kings and lion-headed gods that were not meant for us. And out of the glimpses, one catches from odd comers of those volumes of Time, where old centuries hide, one builds up part by guesses, part by fancy mixed with but little knowledge, a tale or theory of how men and women lived in unknown ages in the faith of forgotten gods. Such a people lived in Timgad and left it probably about the time that waning Rome began to call home her outposts. Long after the citizens left the city stood on that high plateau in Africa, teaching shepherd Arabs what Rome had been: even to-day its great arches and parts of its temples stand: its paved streets are still grooved clearly with the wheel-ruts of chariots, and beaten down on each side of the centre by the pairs of horses that drew them two thousand years ago. T MEANT TO SEE THAT IT IS WORTH WHILE TO TRAVEL TO FAR COUNTRIES WHOEVER CAN TO SEE ONE OF THOSE BOOKS AND WHERE THE EDGES ARE TURNED UP A LITTLE TO CATCH SIGHT OF THOSE STRANGE WINGED BULLS AND MYSTERIOUS KINGS AND LION HEADED GODS THAT WERE NOT MEANT FOR US AND OUT OF THE GLIMPSES ONE CATCHES FROM ODD COMERS OF THOSE VOLUMES OF TIME WHERE OLD CENTURIES HIDE ONE BUILDS UP PART BY GUESSES PART BY FANCY MIXED WITH BUT LITTLE KNOWLEDGE A TALE OR THEORY OF HOW MEN AND WOMEN LIVED IN UNKNOWN AGES IN THE FAITH OF FORGOTTEN GODS SUCH A PEOPLE LIVED IN TIMGAD AND LEFT IT PROBABLY ABOUT THE TIME THAT WANING ROME BEGAN TO CALL HOME HER OUTPOSTS LONG AFTER THE CITIZENS LEFT THE CITY STOOD ON THAT HIGH PLATEAU IN AFRICA TEACHING SHEPHERD ARABS WHAT ROME HAD BEEN EVEN TO DAY ITS GREAT ARCHES AND PARTS OF ITS TEMPLE STAND ITS PAVED STREETS ARE STILL GROOVED CLEARLY WITH THE WHEEL RUTS OF CHARIOTS AND BEATEN DOWN ON EACH SIDE OF THE CENTER BY THE PAIRS OF HORSES THAT DREW THEM TWO THOUSAND YEARS AGO
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