9 seconds sound clip from the The 39 Steps (1937) classic radio play.
You can hear this line at 00:38:32 in the radio play.
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- Spies may be roughly divided into two classes. There are mercenary spies who traffic in state secrets, selling them for cash to the highest bidder.
- And there are patriots, who risk their lives solely for the protection of their country, who receive the smallest monetary rewards and whose names never get into the newspapers.
- Richard Hannay of our play belongs to this second group... and so does tonight's guest, Major C. E. Russell of the United States Army, retired.
- Before this country entered the world war, Major Russell temporarily loaned his services to Scotland Yard as one of their American operatives.
- Back in the United States army during the war, he served on a special staff in France.
- He later instructed our army officers in the art of espionage and is the author of a standard military text book on this subject.
- With such a background, Major, there should be no better authority to answer the question 'just what are the qualifications that make a valuable spy?'
- The qualifications today are exactly the same as in Biblical times and the instructions which are taught follow very closely those which Moses gave to his men when he sent them forth to spy out the land of Canaan...
- To learn what the land contained, the strength of the enemy, if the people were content, and how strong were the walls.
- Then, as today, spies had to have powers of observation, of memory and description. These are the three traits that must be developed in the capable espionage agent, and are the least developed of all human traits.
- In addition, he must have common sense, a good general education, an ability to take orders and preferably a knowledge of foreign languages.
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