Part 90

Use the Present of the Subj. App. § 28 and § 30.

+scheiden+; from, +aus+.

Say ‘Goethe’ instead of ‘he’; woke = awoke; no more, +nicht wieder+.

Section 112.

ON TRAVELLING (S. 3, N. 2).

I wish folks in general would keep their eyes a little more open when they travel by rail. When I see young people rolling along in a luxurious carriage, absorbed (S. 102, N. 3) in a trashy shilling novel, and never lifting up their eyes to look out of the window, unconscious of all that they are passing;—of the reverend antiquities, the admirable agriculture, the rich and peaceful scenery, the like of which no other country upon earth can show (App. § 18); unconscious, too, of how much they might learn of botany and geology, by simply watching the flowers along the railway banks, and the sections in the cuttings;—then it grieves me to see what little use people make of the eyes and the understanding which God has given them. They complain of a dull journey: but it is not the journey which is dull; it is they who are dull. Eyes have they, and see not; ears have they, and hear not; mere dolls in smart clothes, too many of them, like the idols of the heathen.—CHARLES KINGSLEY, TOWN GEOLOGY.

+Ich möchte wohl.+

Say ‘(the) people (+die Leute+) would use (Imperf. Subj. of +brauchen+, App. § 32) in general the eyes a little more’, etc.

+mit der Eisenbahn reisen.+

luxurious = splendid; for the rendering of the verbs in this passage consult S. 78, N. 14, and for their position, App. § 19; to roll along, +dahin´rollen+.

+schlecht.+

Form comp. n. according to S. 76, N. 22, B.

and — eyes = so that they never lift up their eyes. This constr. is necessary to avoid a repetition of participles.

+nichts ahnend.+

+woran sie vorüberfahren.+

Say ‘nothing of’.

excellent.

landscape.

the — which = as, +wie sie+ (grammatical object); comp. S. 51, N. 13.

+auch nicht einmal ahnend.+

I might learn much of botany, +ich könnte viel Botanik lernen+. The subject ‘they’ place after ‘geology’ and before the two verbs.

by — watching = if they would only watch (+beobachten+); along — banks = on (+an+) the sides of the railway.

+Bahnprofil+, n.

+Durchstich+, m. The two verbs must, of course, stand at the end of the whole passage.

+wie wenig+, little (denoting quantity).

+über+, with Acc.

dull = wearisome, +langweilig+.

but — dull = but not the journey is dull.