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And these things that one did not contemplate, have happened for hundreds of miles, with such disaster vast plains and hills are covered, because of the German war. AND THESE THINGS THAT ONE DID NOT CONTEMPLATE HAVE HAPPENED FOR HUNDREDS OF MILES WITH SUCH DISASTER VAST PLAINS AND HILLS ARE COVERED BECAUSE OF THE GERMAN WAR
eeper alone remained, the only mourner, clinging to fallen stones that had supported it once. And I knew by its presence here there had been a house. And by the texture or composition of the ruin all round I saw that a village had stood there. There are calamities one does not contemplate, when one thinks of time and change. Death, passing away, even ruin, are all the human lot; but one contemplates ruin as brought by kindly ages, coming slowly at last, with lichen and ivy and moss, its harsher aspects all hidden with green, coming with dignity and in due season. Thus our works should pass away; our worst fears contemplated no more than this. But here in a single day, perhaps in a moment with one discharge from a battery, all the little things that one family cared for, their house, their garden; and the garden paths, and then the village and the road through the village, and the old landmarks that the old people remembered, and countless treasured things, were all turned into rubbish. NSIDER WERE GONE THE CREEPER ALONE REMAINED THE ONLY MOURNER CLINGING TO FALLEN STONES THAT HAD SUPPORTED IT ONCE AND I KNEW BY ITS PRESENCE HERE THAT THERE HAD BEEN A HOUSE AND BY THE TEXTURE OR COMPOSITION OF THE RUIN ALL ROUND I SAW THAT A VILLAGE HAD STOOD THERE THERE ARE CALAMITIES ONE DOES NOT CONTEMPLATE WHEN ONE THINKS OF TIME AND CHANGE DEATH PASSING AWAY EVEN RUIN ARE ALL THE HUMAN LOT BUT ONE CONTEMPLATES RUIN AS BROUGHT BY KINDLY AGES COMING SLOWLY AT LAST WITH LICHEN AND IVY AND MOSS ITS HARSHER ASPECTS ALL HIDDEN WITH GREEN COMING WITH DIGNITY AND IN DUE SEASON THUS OUR WORKS SHOULD PASS AWAY OUR WORST FEARS CONTEMPLATED NO MORE THAN THIS BUT HERE IN A SINGLE DAY PERHAPS IN A MOMENT WITH ONE DISCHARGE FROM A BATTERY ALL THE LITTLE THINGS THAT ONE FAMILY CARED FOR THEIR HOUSE THEIR GARDEN AND THE GARDEN PATHS AND THEN THE VILLAGE AND THE ROAD THROUGH THE VILLAGE AND THE OLD LANDMARKS THAT THE OLD PEOPLE REMEMBERED AND COUNTLESS TREASURED THINGS WERE ALL TURNED INTO RUBBISH
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