第27部分(第3/7 頁)

he　north。　The　vigorous　race　on　the　other　side　of　Trent　only　found　its　opportunity　when　the　age　of　machinery　began；　its　civilization；　long　delayed；　differs　in　obvious　respects　from　that　of　older　England。　In　Sussex　or　in　Somerset；　however　dull　and　clownish　the　typical　inhabitant；　he　plainly　belongs　to　an　ancient　order　of　things；　represents　an　immemorial　subordination。　The　rude　man　of　the　north　is……by　parison……but　just　emerged　from　barbarism；　and　under　any　circumstances　would　show　less　smooth　a　front。　By　great　misfortune；　he　has　fallen　under　the　harshest　lordship　the　modern　world　has　known……that　of　scientific　industrialism；　and　all　his　vigorous　qualities　are　subdued　to　a　scheme　of　life　based　upon　the　harsh；　the　ugly；　the　sordid。　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；　a