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Vice broke out where it had lain hidden before.
If a rift existed between a man and a woman, it
became a gulf; if a strong virtue or a firm will had
been disguised, that also came forth, for all that
happened was not evil; yet the times were such that
the good often brought as much ruin as the evil.
It was like a tornado in the depths of a forest,
where tree falls over tree, and one pine drags down
another, and even the undergrowth is torn down
by the falling giants.
But this unrest did not dwell with men alone;
it spread abroad to every living thing. Never had
the wolves and bears ravaged the country so; never
had the foxes barked so fearlessly; never had the
sheep gone astray so often in the forest, nor so much
sickness destroyed the valuable herds of cattle.
If you would see the relation of things, you must
go away from the towns and live in a lonely hut
in a forest clearing, where you watch the
charcoal-burning by night; or you must spend both days
and nights upon the lake during the light summer
months, when the timber-rafts journey slowly
down to Vänern. Then you will learn to mark all
the signs of nature and understand how the dead
things of earth depend upon the living. You will
see that unrest in the world disturbs their peace.
The people know this. It is at times like these that
the lady of the woods extinguishes the charcoal-stack,
the sea-nymphs wreck the fishermen’s boats,
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