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In such houses have dwelt generations of strange people, whose like the world has never seen. IN SUCH HOUSES HAVE DEALT GENERATIONS OF STRANGE PEOPLE WHOSE LIKE THE WORLD HAS NEVER SEEN
their shrines, and they linger around the sinister monoliths on uninhabited islands. But the true epicure in the terrible, to whom a new thrill of unutterable ghastliness is the chief end and justification of existence, esteems most of all the ancient, lonely farmhouses of backwoods New England; for there the dark elements of strength, solitude, grotesqueness, and ignorance combine to form the perfection 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. SOLATE MOUNTAIN ARE THEIR SHRINES AND THEY LINGER AROUND THE SINISTER MONOTISTS ON UNINHABITED ISLANDS BUT THE TRUE EPICURE IN THE TERRIBLE TO WHOM A NEW THRILL OF UNUTTERABLE GHASTLINESS IS THE CHIEF END AND JUSTIFICATION OF EXISTENCE ESTEEMS MOST OF ALL THE ANCIENT LONELY FARMHOUSES OF BACKWOODS NEW ENGLAND FOR THERE THE DARK ELEMENTS OF STRENGTH SOLITUDE GROTESQUENESS AND IGNORANCE COMBINE TO 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
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