Part 21

THE WINKING EYELID.

The object of winking is a very important one. An outside window soon (S. 5, N. 2) gets soiled and dirty, and a careful shopkeeper cleans his windows every morning. But our eye-windows must never have so much as a speck or spot upon them; and the winking eyelid is the busy apprentice who, not once a day, but all the day, keeps the living glass clean; so that, after all, we are little worse off than the fishes, who bathe their eyes and wash their faces every moment.—PROF. G. WILSON.

+Das Öffnen und Schließen der Augenlider.+

‘The — one’, say ‘The opening and closing of the eyelid (pl.) is of great importance.

outside window = street window.

+trübe.+

+Ladenhüter+; supply the adv. ‘therefore’ after the verb ‘cleans’, and place the object last of all.

‘must — them’, say ‘must (+dürfen+) never suffer (+erleiden+) even (+selbst+) the smallest speck, the least dimness (+Trübung+).

+das sich öffnende und schließende Augenlid+; ‘apprentice’, here +Ladenbursche+.

but — day, +nein, den ganzen Tag hindurch+.

+Augenglas.+

+genau betrachtet+; the subject should be placed immediately after the conjunction ‘that’; little = not much; to be badly off, +schlimm daran sein+.

who — moment, +welche Augen und Gesicht jeden Augenblick baden und waschen+.

Section 25.

A GOOD EXAMPLE.

It is reported that, one day (S. 19, N. 2), the two great philosophers Aristippus and Æschines had fallen at variance. The following day, however, Aristippus came to Æschines, and said: “Shall we be friends?” “Yes, with all my heart!” answered Æschines. “Remember,” continued Aristippus, that though I am your elder, yet I sought for peace. “True,” replied Æschines, “and for this I will always acknowledge you to be the more worthy man, for I began the strife, and you the peace.”—REV. J. BURROUGHS.

Place the subject immediately after the conj. ‘that’.

+~Aristippus~ aus Cyrene wurde (380 v. Chr.) Stifter der cyrenaischen Philosophenschule, welche die Lehre aufstellte, daß das höchste Glück des Menschen im sinnlichen und geistigen Vergnügen zu suchen sei. Aristippus war ein Zeitgenosse des Socrates und der einzige Philosoph seiner Zeit, der sich seine Vorträge mit Geld bezahlen ließ. ~Äschines~ war ein Nebenbuhler und Gegner des Demostenes, wurde (389 v. Chr.) zu Athen geboren, lebte später zu Rhodus und siedelte endlich nach Samos über, wo er (314 v. Chr.) starb.+

to fall at variance, +sich überwer´fen+.

The = On the; however, +jedoch+, which must not be placed between commas.

Use here the def. art. contracted with the prep. +zu+ into +zum+, for: =The def. art. is often used to mark the Gen. Dat. and Acc. of proper names.=

Shall = Will.

+von ganzem Herzen!+

+Erinnere dich daran.+

Say ‘that I have sought for peace, although I am the elder’; to seek for peace, +um den Frieden nach´suchen+.

Say ‘That is true’.

+deshalb+, adv. (App. § 14). He acknowledged you to be the more worthy man (of us two), +Er erkannte dich ~als~ den Würdigeren von uns beiden an+; construe according to this example, and supply the expletive ‘auch’ after the object ‘you’.

+denn ich war der erste zum Streit, und du zum Frieden.+