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    hisheathenishfoe,pared

    totheaverageeknightillagooddealofa

    untrybukin.healshtseveralnew

    foodstuffs,suchaspeachesandspinachedinhis

    gardenandgre.hegaveupthebarbarous

    custofourandappeared

    ioraditional

    habitofthefolloheprophetandwereinallywo

    bytheturks.ihecrusades,hhadbegunasa

    punitiveexpeditionagainsttheheathen,becaaurseeneralinstruillionsofyoungeuropeans.

    frolitaryandpoliticalpointofviehecrusades

    andanuerofcitiesaken

    andlost.adozenlittlekingdoablishedinsyria

    andpalestineandasianor,buttheyonqueredby

    theturksandaftertheyear1244beca

    defiurkishthestatusoftheholylande

    asithadbeenbefore1095.

    buteuropehadundergoneagreatge.thepeopleof

    thepseofthelightandthesunshine

    andthebeautyoftheeast.theirdrearycastlesno

    loisfiedthetheyedabroaderlife.her

    .

    theyfounditiies.

    thediaevalcity

    iddleages

    saidthat``cityairisfreeair

    theearlypartoftheddleageshadbeenaneraof

    piandofsettlent.anehusfar

    hadlivedoutsidetheountainsand

    rshesan

    eire,hadforceditsotheplainsofe

    europeandhadtakenpossessionofstoftheland.they

    less,asallpioneershavebeensihebeginningof

    ti.theylikedtobe``oheycutdohe

    forestsaeachothersthroatshequalenergy.

    feedtoliveincities.theyinsisteduponbeing

    ``free,theylovedtofeelthefreshairofthehillsidesfilltheir

    lungsheydrovetheirherdsacrossthepastures.

    es,theypulled

    upstakesandaures.

    theersandtheurageous

    eothewildeess

    survived.inthisheydevelopedastrongraceof

    n.theycaredlittlefracesoflife.theyoo

    busytoplaythefiddleorepiecesofpoetry.theyhad

    littlelovefordisanofthe

    villageandbeforetheddleofthethirteeury,alayn

    ewasregardedasa``sissywas

    supposedtosettleallquestionspractical

    value.anaain,thefrankishbaron,

    thenorthndukeoresandtitlesoccupied

    theirshareoftheterritoryof

    thegreatroneireandangtheruinsofpastglory,

    theybuiltaghtily

    andheynsideredquiteperfect.

    theyheaffairsoftheircastleandthesurrounding

    untrytothebestoftheirability.theyhful

    tothendntsofthechurchasanyortaluld

    hopetobe.theyperor

    tokeepongoodterhthosedistantbutalwaysdangerous

    potentates.inshort,theytriedthtandtobe

    fairtotheieighbourshoutbeilyunfairtotheir

    oerests.

    itselves.

    thegreaterpartofthepeople

    handsuchapartofthesoiluponhey

    livedastheablestheyshared.their

    fateparticularlyhappynorparticularly

    unhappy.butodothegoodlordwhoruled

    theiddleageshadundoubtedlyorderedeverything

    forthebest.ifhe,inhis,haddecidedthat

    therestbebothknightsandserfs,itthedutyof

    thesefaithfulsonsoftheent.

    theserfsthereforedidnotplainbutheyoo

    harddrivelefed

    andstabledintherightethingily

    doobettertheirndition.butiftheprogressofthe

    aster,wewould

    stillbelivingafterthefashionofthethtury,saying

    ``abracadabrariedtostopatoothache,andfeeling

    adeepandhatredforthedentistohelp

    usostlikelydan

    orheathenishinandthereforebothkedanduseless.

    whenyougroanypeopledo

    notbelievein``progressandtheyoyoubythe

    terribledeedsofsoofouroporariesthat``the

    ge.butihopethatyoupay

    chattentiontosuchtalk.yousee,ittookouraors

    alstalliooleahooheirhindlegs.

    otherallikegrunts

    developedintoaandablelanguage.i

    ofpreservingourideasforthebeoffuturegeions,

    houtedonlyfour

    thousandyearsago.theideaoftuingtheforcesofnature

    intotheobedientservantsofnenehedaysof

    yourosto,therefore,thatweare

    kingprogressatanunheardofrateofspeed.perhapswe

    havepaidalittletooerephysicalforts

    oflife.thateandwe

    shallthenattasrelatedtohealth

    andtobinganderyingeneral.

    butpleasedooosentintalaboutthe``goodold

    days.nypeoplehebeautifulchurchesand

    thegreatiddleageshaveleftbehind

    gropareouroion

    ellsofbackfiring

    tortruckshthecitiesofathousandyearsago.

    butthesediaevalchurcheswereinvariablysurroundedby

    serablehovelsparedtoodetehouse

    standsforthasaluxuriouspalace.itistruethatthenoble

    laandtheequallynobleparsifal,thepureyounghero

    insearchoftheholygrail,botheredby

    theasoline.

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