Excerpt from Oberammergau The adherence of the community to this one lofty ideal for so long a period has developed a character so strong, so consistent, that even in the glare of publicity which surrounds them every ten years they keep their inborn simplicity and unself consciousness and are able not only to impersonate, but for the time actually to live, the characters they represent. All who make their journey to Oberammergau a pilgrimage will find their anticipations realized both in the lives of the villagers and in their presentation of the Passion Play, the most moving religious observance in the world to-day. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.