Part 15

‘on — occasions’ = in the most dangerous (+gefahrvoll+) situations.

to give = to relate. See App. § 14 for the construction. ‘This instance’ = the following example.

‘to be’, here +sich befinden+.

Construe according to S. 1, N. 3.

+Schlafenszeit+, f.

+vorüber+.

to take off, +aus´ziehen+, see S. 1, N. 2.

Section 13.

RELIGIOUS TOLERATION.

When certain persons attempted to persuade Stephen, King of Poland, to constrain some of his subjects, who were of a different religion, to embrace his, he said to them: “I am king of men, and not of consciences. The dominion of conscience belongs exclusively to God.”—REV. R. K. ARVINE.

+Religionsduldung+, f.

‘When’, here?

attempted to = would, impf. of +wollen+.

Say ‘the king Stephen of Poland’. +König Stephan von Bathori regierte von+ 1576-1586.

+zwingen+. Place the verb after the relative clause, since =the relative pronoun should follow its antecedent as closely as possible=.

‘who — religion’, say ‘who belonged to another religion’.

to embrace = to accept.

‘to say’, here ‘to reply’, +entgegnen+.

I — men = I rule (+herrschen+) over men.

of = over.

This noun is not used in the plural in German. See S. 3, N. 2.

‘The — God’, say ‘God alone rules over consciences (sing.)’.

Section 14.

HOW HUGH MILLER BECAME A GEOLOGIST.

Hugh Miller’s curiosity was excited by the remarkable traces of extinct sea-animals in the Old Red Sandstone, on which he worked as a quarryman. He inquired, observed, studied, and became a geologist. “It was the necessity”, said he, “which made me a quarrier, that taught me to be a geologist.”—S. SMILES.

+Hugh Miller wurde am 10ᵗᵉⁿ Oktober 1802 von armen Eltern zu Cromarty in Schottland geboren. Er arbeitete 15 Jahre als gemeiner Steinbrecher, beschäftigte sich jedoch während jener Zeit mit litterarischen und wissenschaftlichen Arbeiten, besonders mit der Geologie, der er ganz neue Bahnen eröffnete. Durch seine Werke hat er sich in der Wissenschaft einen unsterblichen Namen erworben, und als er am 24ˢᵗᵉⁿ Dezember 1856 starb, verlor Schottland in ihm einen seiner besten Söhne, und die Geologie einen ihrer beredtesten und ergebensten Lehrer.+

Contrary to English construction, =the indefinite article is not used in German in stating the business or profession of a person=; as—

He wants to be a soldier.