CHAPTER VIII 



ENTRANCES AND GATEWAYS 



THE destruction of boundaries took away, among other 

 things, every vestige of an excuse for one thing which had 

 always been, on every place, an object of special considera- 

 tion and painstaking thought. It took away gateways and 

 definite entrance treatment. For naturally where no enclosure 

 is, there can be no opening or gateway admitting to an enclosure. 

 With the "within" and the "without" all the same, and boun- 

 dary lines obliterated, gateways are unnecessary though we 

 do see them sometimes, standing beside a highway that is in no 

 way divided from the grounds to which they offer entrance and 

 pretend to give access. 



And what an air of mute dejection they wear as if they 

 felt real mortification 'at the ridiculous position in which they 

 find themselves. For surely nothing is less of a necessity than 

 the fenceless gate across an entrance, around the supports of 

 which one may skip as easily as through it. 



But if we restore boundaries, gateways will of course come 

 with them. And we shall then have once more that feature 

 which goes a long way in determining the character of a place ; 

 for the entrance to grounds, whether they are great or small, is 

 an important focussing point. Here generalisation ends and 

 individualization begins; here the dweller within the portals 



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