mergau has been noted. The best intellects 

 and the noblest talents that arise in the 

 town find full scope for their exercise in this 

 play. Those who are idle, vicious, or stupid 

 are excluded from it. Thus, in the long run, 

 the operation of selection is to retain those 

 whom the play can use and to exclude all 

 others. To weigh the force of this selected 

 heredity, we have only to compare the 

 quality of Oberammergau with that of other 

 Bavarian towns, as, for example, her sister 

 village of Unterammergau, some two miles 

 lower down, in the same valley. 



The effects of emigration run parallel with 

 the effects of war, but with this enormous 

 difference: the strong men who emigrate 

 are not lost to the world. The loss of one 

 region is the gain of another. But the losses 

 in war can yield no corresponding gain. 



The effects of emigration can be well 

 studied in England. From Devon and 

 Somerset arose the colony of Massachusetts 

 Bay. From the loins of Old England arose 

 our New England, and from the germ of 

 self-governing New England arose the 

 United States. The counties of Devon and 



The 



Human 



Harvest 



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