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no less mysterious pests of Com-
mercialism & Bureaucracy attacks
ed us* This misfortune was the
turning-point of the Middle Ages;
once again a great change was at
hand*
H E birth & growth
ofthe comingchange
was marked by art
with all fidelity* Go-
thic Architecture be-
gan to alter its cha-
racter in the years that immediately
followed on the Great Pest; it be-
gan to lose its exaltation of style &
to suffer a diminution in the gener-
ous wealth of beauty which it gave
us in its heyday* In some places,
e*g*, England, it grew more crab-
47
Beyond
the crest
mercialism & Bureaucracy attacks
ed us* This misfortune was the
turning-point of the Middle Ages;
once again a great change was at
hand*
H E birth & growth
ofthe comingchange
was marked by art
with all fidelity* Go-
thic Architecture be-
gan to alter its cha-
racter in the years that immediately
followed on the Great Pest; it be-
gan to lose its exaltation of style &
to suffer a diminution in the gener-
ous wealth of beauty which it gave
us in its heyday* In some places,
e*g*, England, it grew more crab-
47
Beyond
the crest