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under everything, under the beeches, the sunlit sward 

 and fern. The mark of death is there. The dogs and 

 the driven cattle tread the spot ; a human being has 

 passed into dust. The circumstance of the mound 

 having been kept up so many years bears curious testi- 

 mony to the force of tradition. Many writers alto- 

 gether deny the value of tradition. Dr. Schliemann's 

 spade, however, found Troy. Perhaps tradition is like 

 the fool of the saying, and is sometimes right. 



