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to apply to a person on behalf of somebody, +sich bei einem ~für~ jemand verwenden+.

+Menschenfreund+, m.

To avoid ambiguity turn the pron. ‘he’ here by ‘Reynolds’.

‘liberally’, here +reichlich+.

The conjunction ‘=when=’, used in the sense of ‘=whenever=’, and referring to indefinite time, must be rendered by ‘+=wenn=+’ (compare S. 4, N. 2); as—

When (whenever) my old teacher came to Hamburg, he always stayed with me.

+~Wenn~ mein alter Lehrer nach Hamburg kam, wohnte er stets bei mir.+

The verb ‘+lehren+’, to teach, requires the accusative of the person. Render the sentence ‘I — benefactor’ by ‘I will teach him to be thankful to his benefactor’.

+Halt´!+

to be mistaken, +sich irren+.

Teach — higher, +Lehre ihn höher blicken+.

The pronoun ‘Him’ is here used as a demonstr. pron.; ‘both ... and’, +sowohl ... wie auch+; ‘to give’, here = to send.

Section 19.

HOW DID CUVIER BECOME A NATURALIST?

When young (S. 10, N. 2) Cuvier was one day strolling along the sands near Fiquainville, in Normandy, he observed a cuttle-fish lying stranded on the beach. He was attracted by the curious object, took it home to dissect, and began the study of the mollusca, which ended in his becoming one of the greatest among natural historians.—S. SMILES.

+G. D. Cüvier, berühmter französischer Naturforscher (1769-1832), erhob die vergleichende Anatomie zuerst zur Wissenschaft.+

one day, +eines Tages+; one morning, +eines Morgens+; one evening, +eines Abends+, etc.

to stroll along the sands, +an der Küste umher´schlendern+, ‘near’, here +von+.

+die Normandie+, always used with the def. art.

‘lying — beach’, say ‘which the sea had washed (+spülen+) upon the beach’. (See App. § 17.)

to be attracted by something, +sich durch etwas an´gezogen fühlen+; ‘object’, here ‘creature’.

The =Supine= is used to express =purpose=, and must be employed whenever the English ‘=to=’ is used in the meaning of ‘=in order to=’, or ‘=for the purpose of=’; clauses of this sort are generally introduced by the conjunction ‘+=um=+’; as—

I will take this animal home to dissect.

Ich will dies Tier mit nach Hause nehmen, um es ~zu~ sezieren.

‘and — historian’, say ‘began (+an´fangen+) to study the mollusca, and became finally (+schließlich+) one of the greatest natural historians’. Mollusca, +Mollusken+ or +Weichtiere+.

Section 20.

ON THE CHOICE OF BOOKS.

In literature (S. 3, N. 2) I am fond of confining myself to the best company, which consists chiefly of old acquaintances with whom I am desirous of becoming more intimate, and I suspect that, nine times out of ten, it is more profitable, if not more agreeable, to read an old book over again, than to read a new one for the first time.—LORD DUDLEY.