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Say that the little village, clustered round its mosque domed church, nestles in the centre of a valley, surrounded by great fir robed hills, which stand, with the cross crowned Kofel for their chief, like stern, strong sentinels guarding its old world peace from the din and clamour of the outer world. SAY THAT THE LITTLE VILLAGE CLUSTERED ROUND ITS MOSQUE DOMED CHURCH NESTLES IN THE CENTRE OF A VALLEY SURROUNDED BY GREAT FUR ROBED HILLS WHICH STAND WITH A CROSS CROWNED COFFER FOR THEIR CHIEF LIKE STERN STRONG SENTINELS GUARDING ITS OLD WORLD PEACE FROM THE DIN AND CLAMOUR OF THE OUTER WORLD
mergau Passion Play. So I shall just say what I want to. But what do I want to say? What can I say that has not been said, and said much better, already? (An author must always pretend to think that every other author writes better than he himself does. He does not really think so, you know, but it looks well to talk as though he did.) What can I say that the reader does not know, or that, not knowing, he cares to know? It is easy enough to talk about nothing, like I have been doing in this diary hitherto. It is when one is confronted with the task of writing about _some_thing, that one wishes one were a respectable well-to-do sweep--a sweep with a comfortable business of his own, and a pony--instead of an author. B. says: "Well, why not begin by describing Ober-Ammergau." I say it has been described so often. He says: "So has the Oxford and Cambridge Boat Race and the Derby Day, but people go on describing them all the same, and apparently find other people to read their descriptions.  ANYTHING WHAT I SAY ABOUT THE OBER AMMERGAU PASSION PLAY SO I SHALL JUST SAY WHAT I WANT TO BUT WHAT DO I WANT TO SAY WHAT CAN I SAY THAT HAS NOT BEEN SAID AND SAID MUCH BETTER ALREADY AN AUTHOR MUST ALWAYS PRETEND TO THINK THAT EVERY OTHER AUTHOR WRITES BETTER THAN HE HIMSELF DOES HE DOES NOT REALLY THINK SO YOU KNOW BUT IT LOOKS WELL TO TALK AS THOUGH HE DID WHAT CAN I SAY THAT THE READER DOES NOT KNOW OR THAT NOT KNOWING HE CARES TO KNOW IT IS EASY ENOUGH TO TALK ABOUT NOTHING LIKE I HAVE BEEN DOING IN THIS DIARY HITHERTO IT IS WHEN ONE IS CONFRONTED WITH THE TASK OF WRITING ABOUT SOMETHING THAT ONE WISHES ONE WERE A RESPECTABLE WELL TO DO SWEEP A SWEEP WITH A COMFORTABLE BUSINESS OF HIS OWN AND A PONY INSTEAD OF AN AUTHOR B SAYS WELL WHY NOT BEGIN BY DESCRIBING OBER AMMERGAU I SAY IT HAS BEEN DESCRIBED SO OFTEN HE SAYS SO IS THE OXFORD AND CAMBRIDGE BOAT RACE AND THE DERBY DAY BUT PEOPLE GO ON DESCRIBING THEM ALL THE SAME AND APPARENTLY FIND OTHER PEOPLE TO READ THEIR DESCRIPTIONS
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