THE GOBBLER 



eggs through the long grass, but she didn't leave 



one behind. How did she manage it? 

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There is an interesting fact about turkeys that I 

 think I have referred to before, but as it has a polit- 

 ical application at the present time I am going to 

 refer to it again. When the wilderness was con- 

 quered by the pioneers the turkeys were the only im- 

 portant wild creatures that were conquered with it. 

 Apparently they believed in "peace at any price." 

 While the timid deer fled to more remote districts, 

 and the wolves "died in silence, biting hard," the 

 turkeys allowed themselves to be deported to the 

 farmyards, and proceeded to eat from the hands of 

 their conquerors. But their spineless policy did 

 them no good. Although they are fed and pam- 

 pered they have lost their wild freedom and every 

 year they are fattened for the tables of their mas- 

 ters. Those who believe in peace at any price would 

 do well to meditate on this. The peace that is won 

 at the price of submission is not worth having. Even 

 though we may hate war and regard it as a crim- 

 inal folly, the only way to end it and to secure a 

 peace worth while is to fight heroically to put an end 

 to war. Before dismissing this analogy it is worth 



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