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Divorced from the enlightenment of civilisation, the strength of these Puritans turned into singular channels; and in their isolation, morbid self repression, and struggle for life with relentless Nature, there came to them dark furtive traits from the prehistoric depths of their cold Northern heritage. By necessity practical and by philosophy stern, these folk were not beautiful in their sins. DIVORCED FROM THE ENLIGHTENMENT OF CIVILIZATION THE STRENGTH OF THESE PURITANS TURNED INTO SINGULAR CHANNELS AND IN THEIR ISOLATION MORBID SELF REPRESSION AND STRUGGLE FOR LIFE WITH RELENTLESS NATURE THERE CAME TO THEM DARK FURTIVE TRAITS FROM THE PREHISTORIC DEPTHS OF THEIR COLD NORTHERN HERITAGE BY NECESSITY PRACTICAL AND BY PHILOSOPHY STERN THESE FOLK WERE NOT BEAUTIFUL IN THEIR SINS
tion of the hideous. Most horrible of all sights are the little unpainted wooden houses remote from travelled ways, usually squatted upon some damp, grassy slope or leaning against some gigantic outcropping of rock. Two hundred years and more they have leaned or squatted there, while the vines have crawled and the trees have swelled and spread. They are almost hidden now in lawless luxuriances of green and guardian shrouds of shadow; but the small-paned windows still stare shockingly, as if blinking through a lethal stupor which wards off madness by dulling the memory of unutterable things. In such houses have dwelt generations of strange people, whose like the world has never seen. Seized with a gloomy and fanatical belief which exiled them from their kind, their ancestors sought the wilderness for freedom. There the scions of a conquering race indeed flourished free from the restrictions of their fellows, but cowered in an appalling slavery to the dismal phantasms of their own minds.  FORM THE PERFECTION OF THE HIDEOUS MOST HORRIBLE OF ALL SIGHTS ARE THE LITTLE UNPAINTED WOODEN HOUSES REMOTE FROM TRAVELED WAYS USUALLY SQUATTED UPON SOME DAMP GRASSY SLOPE OR LEANING AGAINST SOME GIGANTIC OUTCROPPING OF ROCK TWO HUNDRED YEARS AND MORE THEY HAVE LEANED OR SQUATTED THERE WHILE THE VINES HAVE CRAWLED AND THE TREES HAVE SWELLED AND SPREAD THEY ARE ALMOST HIDDEN NOW IN LAWLESS LUXURIANCES OF GREEN AND GUARDIAN SHROUDS OF SHADOW BUT THE SMALL PANED HOUSES STILL STARE SHOCKINGLY AS IF BLINKING THROUGH A LETHAL STUPOR WHICH WARDS OFF MADNESS BY DULLING THE MEMORY OF UNUTTERABLE THINGS IN SUCH HOUSES HAVE DEALT GENERATIONS OF STRANGE PEOPLE WHOSE LIKE THE WORLD HAS NEVER SEEN SEIZED WITH A GLOOMY AND FANATICAL BELIEF WHICH EXILED THEM FROM THEIR KIND THEIR ANCESTORS SOUGHT THE WILDERNESS FOR FREEDOM THERE THE SCIENCE OF A CONQUERING RACE INDEED FLOURISHED FREE FROM THE RESTRICTIONS OF THEIR FELLOWS BUT COWERED IN AN APPALLING SLAVERY TO THE DISMAL PHANTASMS OF THEIR OWN MINDS
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