Part 29

‘would — heard’, use the active voice with the indef. pron. man.

Section 38.

CHEERFUL CHURCH-MUSIC.

When the poet Carpani inquired of his friend Haydn how it happened that his church-music was always so cheerful, the great composer made the following beautiful reply:

“I cannot make it otherwise,” said he, “I write according to the thoughts I feel. When I think of God, my heart is so full of joy that (App. § 16) the notes dance and leap, as it were, from my pen; and since God has given me a cheerful heart, it will be pardoned me that I serve him with a cheerful spirit.”—REV. R. K. ARVINE.

+fröhlich.+

inquired of = asked.

+Joseph Haydn (geb. den 31ˢᵗᵉⁿ März 1732 zu Rohrau in Östreich, † den 31ˢᵗᵉⁿ Mai 1809 in Wien) bildete sich durch eigenes Studium in der Musik aus und lebte dann namentlich als Kapellmeister des Fürsten Esterhazy in Wien. Er ist der Schöpfer der Symphonie und des Streichquartetts; auch hat er sich durch die Begründung der neueren Instrumentationskunst ein besonderes Verdienst erworben. Seine Werke sind ebenso zahlreich, wie mannigfaltig; durch die beiden Oratorien: ‘Die Schöpfung’ (1799) und ‘die Jahreszeiten’ (1801) hat er jedoch seinen Namen mit ehernen Lettern in die Geschichte der Kunst eingetragen.+

Use the Pres. Subj. of +kommen+, since the clause contains an indirect question; see App. §§ 28 and 30.

was — cheerful, +stets einen so fröhlichen Charakter trage+.

to make a reply, +eine Antwort geben+; ‘beautiful’, here +sinnig+; for the construction see App. § 15.

+anders+; for the place of the negation see App. § 12.

Translate the passage ‘I write — feel’ briefly by saying: ‘I write just as (+so wie+) I feel’, since it would not be in accordance with the genius of the German language to render the sentence in a literal way. (+~Gedanken~ kann man nicht ~fühlen~+.)

+Denke ich an Gott, so ist+, etc.; full of, +voller+.

Construe this clause after the following model:

The notes danced and leapt, as it were, from his pen.

+Die Noten tanzten und hüpften ~ihm~ gleichsam aus ~der~ Feder.+

+so wird man mir hoffentlich verzeihen.+

that = if.

Section 39.

OUR INDUSTRIAL INDEPENDENCE DEPENDS UPON OURSELVES.

Truer words were never uttered than those spoken by Mr. Dargan, the Irish railway-contractor, at a public meeting in Dublin.

“I have heard a great deal,” he said, “about the independence that we are to get from this or that source, yet I have always been deeply impressed with the conviction, that our industrial independence depends upon ourselves. Simple industry and careful exactness would be the making of Ireland. We have, it is true, made a step in advance, but perseverance is indispensably necessary for eventual success.”—S. SMILES.

+industriell+.

A greater truth than that which Mr. D., the Irish railway-contractor (+Eisenbahn-Unternehmer+), spoke (+aus´sprechen+) at (+in+) a public meeting in (+zu+) Dublin, has never been uttered.

The words ‘he said’ should follow here; see S. 32, N. 5.

a great deal = much.

are to get, +erlangen sollen+; for the construction see App. § 16; from, +aus+.