Part 109

= They say perhaps.

+Was giebt es.+

to have = to see; for one = by (+von+) others.

Say ‘with no other task than to enjoy one’s life’?

‘=Man=’ is here used in the signification of ‘human being’, when it is generally rendered by ‘+=der Mensch=+’.

Read S. 102, N. 13.

Use the demonstrative pron. +derjenige+.

When the Imperative of the 2nd pers. is used in a general application, we use it either in the 2nd pers. sing. or the 2nd pers. pl. Use the 2nd pers. sing. in this case.

Being — best = The compulsion (+Zwang+, m.) to work (+zur Arbeit+) and the necessity to do your (= thy) best.

Place ‘in you’ (= thee) after ‘virtues’, immediately before the infinitive ‘breed’ (= awaken, +erwecken+).

the idle man, +der Müßiggänger+.

Section 135.

THE GOSPEL OF WORK.

II.

The monks in olden times found it so. When (S. 18, N. 6) they shut themselves up from the world to worship God in prayers and hymns, they found that [here follows the subject “they”], without working, without hard work either of head or of hands, they could not even be good men (S. 134, N. 9). The devil came and tempted them, they said, as often as they were idle. An idle monk’s soul was lost, they used (S. 129, N. 6) to say, and they spoke truly. Though they gave up a large portion of every day, and of every night also, to prayer and worship, (S. 27, N. 8) yet they found they could not pray aright without work.

And “working (S. 11, N. 7) is praying,” said one of the holiest of them that ever lived; and he spoke truth (S. 3, N. 2); if a man will but do his work for the sake of duty, which is for the sake of God.—CHARLES KINGSLEY.

Turn ‘it so’ by ‘+das+’, which place at the head of the sentence, using the inverted construction and inserting the adv. ‘+auch+’ after the verb.

to shut oneself up, +sich ab´schließen+, sep. comp. str. v. refl.

durch; to worship, +verehren+.

working = work.

+ohne angestrengte Kopf- oder Handarbeit+.

not even, +nicht einmal+.

The words ‘They said’ are best placed at the head of this passage. To translate the verbs correctly, you must carefully read App. §§ 28 and 30.

and tempted them = in order to tempt them.

+wären.+

‘to give up’, here = to devote, +widmen+, with dat.

of — also = of the day and of the night.

+dem Gebet und den Andachtsübungen.+