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+Ehe+, adv.

to think about a thing, +über etwas nach´denken+, read S. 87, N. 6; in — success, +im Glücksfalle+; in — fortune, +im Unglücksfalle+.

+aus´zeichnen.+

+Handlungsweise.+ All his happiness, +sein ganzes Glück+; all our family, +~unsere ganze~ Familie+.

+Verhaltungsbefehl+, m., directions for conduct; to, +an+.

This is not worth remembering, +dies ist nicht der Beachtung wert+.

+melden+.

Say literally ‘these have no haste’.

His — business, +Seine Arbeitskraft+.

+und erweitert unsere bisherigen Vorstellungen von den im Menschen wohnenden Kräften.+

+bis auf.+

+Oranien.+ Commence this period with: ‘From Ulysses’.

+doch keinen, der auch nur ein zehntel von den Thaten dieses Mannes vollbracht hätte+ (App. § 33).

Section 158.

THE WARLIKE CHARACTER OF THE GERMANS.

The Germans fight as a nation. Whatever their birth or (S. 10, N. 9) profession, all are trained soldiers. The nation is the army; the army is the nation. Hence they cannot be moved save at the bidding of some grand principle, and the stirring of some soul-penetrating and elevating sentiment; and yet they are as sensible as any nation that they abandon comfort, domestic ease, monetary independence, everything which (S. 3, N. 7) men (= man) love and live for, in order to identify the nation and the army. But they are willing to pay the price. They count hardihood of body and trained courage of heart the noblest riches of a nation. They reckon that national independence and national greatness are a thousand times more precious than gold and silver, and that to die on the field of battle is better and happier than to rot and crumble away in sybaritic ease. They hold, too, that the cause of liberty, and the free noble spirit engendered by the brotherhood of a nationality which affirms its oneness by noble acts, is blessed by God, and that He will give victory to the armies who go forth to battle in (S. 3, N. 2) trust in His name. No wonder they fight and triumph.—ADMIRAL GARBETT.

supply the verb ‘be’.

= station, +Stand+, m.

= practised.

Say ‘Hence they can be moved (+erregen+) only at (+durch+) the bidding (+Gebot+, n.)’.

+Erweckung+, f.

+die Seele ergreifend.+

‘to be sensible’, here +sich bewußt sein+.

here +die Annehmlichkeiten des Lebens+.

Say ‘in short give up everything’, for the verb ‘abandon’ must be placed at the end of this clause.

Say ‘in order to prove the identity of the nation and the army’.

+halten (für).+

here +gestählt+.