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It was to a time battered edifice of this description that I was driven one afternoon in November, 1896, by a rain of such chilling copiousness that any shelter was preferable to exposure. IT WAS TO A TIME BATTERED EDIFICE OF THIS DESCRIPTION THAT I WAS DRIVEN ONE AFTERNOON IN NOVEMBER EIGHTEEN NINETY SIX BY A RAIN OF SUCH CHILLING COPIOUSNESS THAT ANY SHELTER WAS PREFERABLE TO EXPOSURE
ee from the restrictions of their fellows, but cowered in an appalling slavery to the dismal phantasms of their own minds. 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. Erring as all mortals must, they were forced by their rigid code to seek concealment above all else; so that they came to use less and less taste in what they concealed. Only the silent, sleepy, staring houses in the backwoods can tell all that has lain hidden since the early days; and they are not communicative, being loath to shake off the drowsiness which helps them forget. Sometimes one feels that it would be merciful to tear down these houses, for they must often dream. INDEED FLOURISHED FREE FROM THE RESTRICTIONS OF THEIR FELLOWS BUT COWERED IN AN APPALLING SLAVERY TO THE DISMAL PHANTASMS OF THEIR OWN MINDS 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 ERRING AS ALL MORTALS MUST THEY WERE FORCED BY THEIR RIGID CODE TO SEEK CONCEALMENT ABOVE ALL ELSE SO THAT THEY CAME TO USE LESS AND LESS TASTE IN WHAT THEY CONCEALED ONLY THE SILENT SLEEPY STARING HOUSES IN THE BACKWOODS CAN TELL ALL THAT HAS LAIN HIDDEN SINCE THE EARLY DAYS AND THEY ARE NOT COMMUNICATIVE BEING LOATH TO SHAKE OFF THE DROWSINESS WHICH HELPS THEM FORGET SOMETIMES ONE FEELS THAT IT WOULD BE MERCIFUL TO TEAR DOWN THESE HOUSES FOR THEY MUST OFTEN DREAM
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