It is our most earnest belief that the best way of preventing this is to offer to our god of the sun and to the goddess of our orchards the most acceptable sacrifice that lies in our power.
14 seconds sound clip from the The Wicker Man (1973) movie soundboard.
You can hear this line at 01:19:40 in the Blu-ray version of the movie.
Quote context
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- I know your crops failed. I saw the harvest photograph.
- Oh, yes. They failed, all right. Disastrously so. For the first time since my grandfather came here.
- The blossom came, but the fruit withered and died on the bough.
- That must not happen again this year.
- Animals are fine, but their acceptability is limited.
- A little child is even better, but not nearly as effective as the right kind of adult.
- What do you mean, right kind of adult?
- You, Sergeant, are the right kind of adult, as our painstaking researches have revealed.
- You, uniquely, were the one we needed.
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