In War 



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 com- 

 pare the quality of Oberammergau with 

 that of other Bavarian towns, as, for 

 example, her sister village of Unteram- 

 mergau, some two miles lower down, in 

 the same valley. 



Switzerland is the land of freedom, 

 the land of peace. But in earlier times 

 some of the thrifty cantons sent forth 

 their men as hireling soldiers to serve 

 for pay under the flag of whomsoever 

 might pay their cost. There was once 

 a proverb in the French Court, " Pas 

 d" argent, pas de Swisses " (No money, 

 no Swiss) ; for the agents of the free re- 

 public drove a close bargain. 



In Lucerne stands one of the noblest 



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