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The Private Papers of Henry Ryecroft
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George Gissing
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His
racial
heritage,
of
course,
marks
him
to
the
eye;
even
as
ploughman
or
shepherd,
he
differs
notably
from
him
of
the
same
calling
in
the
weald
or
on
the
downs.
But
the
frank
brutality
of
the
man
in
all
externals
has
been
encouraged,
rather
than
mitigated,
by
the
course
his
civilization
has
taken,
and
hence
it
is
that,
unless
one
knows
him
well
enough
to
respect
him,
he
seems
even
yet
stamped
with
the
half-savagery
of
his
folk
as
they
were
a
century
and
a
half
ago.
His
fierce
shyness,
his
arrogant
self-regard,
are
notes
of
a
primitive
state.
Naturally,
he
never
learnt
to
house
himself
as
did
the
Southerner,
for
climate,
as
well
as
social
circumstance,
was
unfavourable
to
all
the
graces
of
life.
And
now
one
can
only
watch
the
encroachment
of
his
rule
upon
that
old,
that
true
England
whose
strength
and
virtue
were
so
differently
manifested.
This
fair
broad
land
of
the
lovely
villages
signifies
little
save
to
the
antiquary,
the
poet,
the
painter.
Vainly,
indeed,
should
I
show
its
beauty
and
its
peace
to
the
observant
foreigner;
he
would
but
smile,
and,
with
a
glance
at
the
traction-engine
just
coming
along
the
road,
indicate
the
direction
of
his
thoughts.
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