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"But what is the use of saying anything about it at all?" I urge. "The merest school boy must know all about the Ober Ammergau Passion Play by this time." BUT WHAT IS THE USE OF SAYING ANYTHING ABOUT IT AT ALL I URGE THE MEREST SCHOOLBOY MUST KNOW ALL ABOUT THE OBER AMMERGAU PASSION PLAY BY THIS TIME
e valley,' who now lies in silence among his children that he loved so well. It was he, you know, that shaped the rude burlesque of a coarser age into the impressive reverential drama that we saw yesterday. That is a portrait of him over the bed. What a plain, homely, good face it is! How pleasant, how helpful it is to come across a good face now and then! I do not mean a sainted face, suggestive of stained glass and marble tombs, but a rugged human face that has had the grit, and rain, and sunshine of life rubbed into it, and that has gained its expression, not by looking up with longing at the stars, but by looking down with eyes full of laughter and love at the human things around it." "Yes," assented B. "You can put in that if you like. There is no harm in it. And then you can go on to speak of the play itself, and give your impressions concerning it. Never mind their being silly. They will be all the better for that. Silly remarks are generally more interesting than sensible ones. IMPLE OLD PRIEST THE FATHER OF THE VALLEY WHO NOW LIES IN SILENCE AMONG HIS CHILDREN THAT HE LOVED SO WELL IT WAS HE YOU KNOW THAT SHAPED THE RUDE BURLESQUE OF A COARSER AGE INTO THE IMPRESSIVE REVERENTIAL DRAMA THAT WE SAW YESTERDAY THAT IS A PORTRAIT OF HIM OVER THE BED WHAT A PLAIN HOMELY GOOD FACE IT IS HOW PLEASANT HOW HELPFUL IT IS TO COME ACROSS A GOOD FACE NOW AND THEN I DO NOT MEAN A SAINTED FACE SUGGESTIVE OF STAINED GLASS AND MARBLE TOMBS BUT A RUGGED HUMAN FACE THAT HAS HAD THE GRIT AND RAIN AND SUNSHINE OF LIFE RUBBED INTO IT AND THAT HAS GAINED ITS EXPRESSION NOT BY LOOKING UP WITH LONGING AT THE STARS BUT BY LOOKING DOWN WITH EYES FULL OF LAUGHTER AND LOVE AT THE HUMAN THINGS AROUND IT YES ASSENTED B YOU CAN PUT THAT IN IF YOU LIKE THERE IS NO HARM IN IT AND THEN YOU CAN GO ON TO SPEAK OF THE PLAY ITSELF AND GIVE YOUR IMPRESSIONS CONCERNING IT NEVER MIND THEIR BEING SILLY THEY WILL BE ALL THE BETTER FOR THAT SILLY REMARKS ARE GENERALLY MORE INTERESTING THAN SENSIBLE ONES
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