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That layer of plaster and brick dust lies on the age that has gone, as final, as fatal, as the layer of flints that covers the top of the chalk and marks the end of an epoch and some unknown geologic catastrophe. THAT LAYER OF PLASTER AND BRICK DUST LIES ON THE AGE THAT IS GONE AS FINAL AS FATAL AS THE LAYER OF FLINTS THAT COVERS THE TOP OF THE CHALK AND MARKS THE END OF AN EPOCH AND SOME UNKNOWN GEOLOGIC CATASTROPHE
ter shaken down by calamity, and red dust that once was bricks, it is our own age that is lying; and the little things that lie about the floors are relics of the twentieth century. Therefore in the streets of Bethune the wistful appeal that is in all things lost far off and utterly passed away cries out with an insistence that is never felt in the older fallen cities. No doubt to future times the age that lies under plaster in Bethune, with thin, bare laths standing over it, will appear an age of glory; and yet to thousands that went one day from its streets, leaving all manner of small things behind, it may well have been an age full of far other promises, no less golden to them, no less magical even, though too little to stir the pen of History, busy with batteries and imperial dooms. So that to these, whatever others may write, the twentieth-century will not be the age of strategy, but will only seem to have been those fourteen lost quiet summers whose fruits lie under the plaster.  COME FOR UNDER PLASTER SHAKEN DOWN BY CALAMITY AND RED DUST THAT ONCE WAS BRICKS IT IS OUR OWN AGE THAT IS LYING AND THE LITTLE THINGS THAT LIE ABOUT THE FLOORS ARE RELICS OF THE TWENTIETH CENTURY THEREFORE IN THE STREETS OF BETHUNE THE WISTFUL APPEAL THAT IS IN ALL THINGS LOST FAR OFF AND UTTERLY PASSED AWAY CRIES OUT WITH AN INSISTENCE THAT IS NEVER FELT IN THE OLDER FALLEN CITIES NO DOUBT TO FUTURE TIMES THE AGE THAT LIES UNDER PLASTER IN BETHUNE WITH THIN BARE LATHS STANDING OVER IT WILL APPEAR AN AGE OF GLORY AND YET TO THOUSANDS THAT WENT ONE DAY FROM ITS STREETS LEAVING ALL MANNER OF SMALL THINGS BEHIND IT MAY WELL HAVE BEEN AN AGE FULL OF FAR OTHER PROMISES NO LESS GOLDEN TO THEM NO LESS MAGICAL EVEN THOUGH TOO LITTLE TO STIR THE PEN OF HISTORY BUSY WITH BATTERIES AND IMPERIAL DOOMS SO THAT TO THESE WHATEVER OTHERS MAY WRITE THE TWENTIETH CENTURY WILL NOT BE THE AGE OF STRATEGY BUT WILL ONLY SEEM TO HAVE BEEN THOSE FOURTEEN LOST QUIET SUMMERS WHOSE FRUITS LIE UNDER THE PLASTER
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