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+sie selbst sind es+ (Comp. S. 104, N. 19).

The inverted constr. would not read well here; use therefore the ordinary constr.

are nothing but (+als+) dolls in fine clothes, and like (+gleich+, with Dat.) the idols (+Götzenbilder+) of the heathens are there too many of them (+sind ihrer zu viele+).

Section 113.

THE MANAGEMENT OF THE BODY.

I have nothing new to say upon the management which the body requires. The common rules are the best:—exercise without fatigue; generous living without excess; early rising, and moderation in sleeping. These are the apothegms of old women; but if they are not attended to, happiness becomes (App. § 15) so extremely difficult that very few persons can attain to it. In this point of view, the care of the body becomes a subject of elevation and importance. A walk in the fields, an hour’s less sleep, may remove all these bodily vexations and disquietudes which are such formidable enemies to virtue; they may enable the mind to pursue its own resolves without that constant train of temptations to resist, and obstacles to overcome, which it always experiences from the bad organisation of its companion.—SIDNEY SMITH.

treatment.

+bedürfen+, govern. the Gen.

strengthening food.

+Lebensregeln.+

to attend to, +beobachten+, v. tr.

the acquisition of happiness.

Insert the adv. ‘only’ after ‘that’.

I cannot attain to it, +ich kann es nicht erlangen+ (v. tr.).

In — view, +Von diesem Gesichtspunkte aus betrachtet+, after which follows the verb (App. § 14).

+Pflege+, f.

Say ‘a grand (+erhaben+) and important subject’.

an hour.

can perhaps.

disturbances and troubles, +Störungen und Beschwerden+.

Use the noun with the Gen. of the def. art.

+befähigen+, v. tr.

mind = soul.

+folgen+, with Dat.

‘train’, here = host, +Heer+, n.; of, von; to resist, +widerstehen+, govern. the Dat.

Supply here ‘those’.

the acquaintance of which (+deren+) the soul always owes (+verdanken+, govern. the Dat.) to the defective organisation of its companion.

Section 114.