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The mere fact that it was neither large nor exceptional made it, to the Boynes, abound the more richly in its special sense    the sense of having been for centuries a deep, dim reservoir of life. THE MERE FACT THAT IT WAS NEITHER LARGE NOR EXCEPTIONAL MADE IT TO THE BOINS ABOUND THE MORE COMPLETELY IN ITS SPECIAL CHARM THE CHARM OF HAVING BEEN FOR CENTURIES A DEEP DIM RESERVOIR OF LIFE
n the "Economic Basis of Culture"; and with such absorbing work ahead no existence could be too sequestered; they could not get far enough from the world, or plunge deep enough into the past. Dorsetshire had attracted them from the first by a semblance of remoteness out of all proportion to its geographical position. But to the Boynes it was one of the ever-recurring wonders of the whole incredibly compressed island -- a nest of counties, as they put it -- that for the production of its effects so little of a given quality went so far: that so few miles made a distance, and so short a distance a difference. "It's that," Ned had once enthusiastically explained, "that gives such depth to their effects, such relief to their least contrasts. They've been able to lay the butter so thick on every exquisite mouthful." The butter had certainly been laid on thick at Lyng: the old gray house, hidden under a shoulder of the downs, had almost all the finer marks of commerce with a protracted past. ION OF HIS LONG PLANNED BOOK ON THE QUOTE ECONOMIC BASIS OF CULTURE QUOTE AND WITH SUCH ABSORBING WORK AHEAD NO EXISTENCE COULD BE TOO SEQUESTERED THEY COULD NOT GET FAR ENOUGH FROM THE WORLD OR PLUNGE DEEP ENOUGH INTO THE PAST DORSETSHIRE HAD ATTRACTED THEM FROM THE FIRST BY AN AIR OF REMOTENESS OUT OF ALL PROPORTION WITH ITS GEOGRAPHICAL POSITION BUT TO THE BOYS IT WAS ONE OF THE EVER RECURRING WONDERS OF THE WHOLE INCREDIBLY COMPRESSED ISLAND A NEST OF COUNTIES AS THEY PUT IT THAT FOR THE PRODUCTION OF ITS EFFECTS SO LITTLE OF A GIVEN DISTANCE WENT SO FAR THAT SO FEW MILES MADE A DISTANCE AND SO SHORT A DISTANCE A DIFFERENCE IT'S THAT NED HAD ONCE ENTHUSIASTICALLY EXPLAINED THAT GIVES SUCH DEPTH TO THEIR EFFECTS SUCH RELIEF TO THEIR CONTRASTS THEY'VE BEEN ABLE TO LAY THE BUTTER SO THICK ON EVERY DELICIOUS MOUTHFUL THE BUTTER HAD CERTAINLY BEEN LAID ON THICK AT LYING THE OLD HOUSE HIDDEN UNDER A SHOULDER OF THE DOWNS HAD ALMOST ALL THE FINER MARKS OF COMMERCE WITH THE PROTRACTED PAST
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