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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. 
