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XXII. The Great Barn and the Sheep-Shearers

           Alongeachsidewallwasarangeofstridingbuttresses,throwingdeepshadowsonthespacesbetweenthem,whichwereperforatedbylancetopenings,combiningintheirproportionsthepreciserequirementsbothofbeautyandventilation.

           Onecouldsayaboutthisbarn,whatcouldhardlybesaidofeitherthechurchorthecastle,akintoitinageandstyle,thatthepurposewhichhaddictateditsoriginalerectionwasthesamewiththattowhichitwasstillapplied.Unlikeandsuperiortoeitherofthosetwotypicalremnantsofmediævalism,theoldbarnembodiedpracticeswhichhadsufferednomutilationatthehandsoftime.Hereatleastthespiritoftheancientbuilderswasatonewiththespiritofthemodernbeholder.Standingbeforethisabradedpile,theeyeregardeditspresentusage,theminddweltuponitspasthistory,withasatisfiedsenseoffunctionalcontinuitythroughoutafeelingalmostofgratitude,andquiteofpride,atthepermanenceoftheideawhichhadheapeditup.Thefactthatfourcenturieshadneitherprovedittobefoundedonamistake,inspiredanyhatredofitspurpose,norgivenrisetoanyreactionthathadbattereditdown,investedthissimplegreyeffortofoldmindswitharepose,ifnotagrandeur,whichatoocuriousreflectionwasapttodisturbinitsecclesiasticalandmilitarycompeers.Foroncemediævalismandmodernismhadacommonstand-point.Thelanceolatewindows,thetime-eatenarchstonesandchamfers,theorientationoftheaxis,themistychestnutworkoftherafters,referredtonoexplodedfortifyingartorworn-outreligiouscreed.

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