Part 96

need — lost = we need (+brauchen+) never to lose.

may = can, after which place the adverbial clause ‘for a while’, +auf kurze Zeit+; the verb ‘part’, which is equivalent to ‘be separated’ should stand at the end of the whole passage; ‘in body’, +körperlich+; ‘in spirit’, +geistig+.

to lose sight of each other, +sich aus dem Gesicht verlieren+.

+ja noch mehr.+

Say ‘it is possible that their success in life, their opinions, their habits begin to differ (+differieren+)’.

for a time, +eine Zeit lang+, which place after ‘and’; ‘may’, here +mag+; ‘be’, here = exist, +bestehen+.

Here follow copula and subject according to App. § 14.

according to, +nach+; figure, +Bild+, n.; to be like, +gleichen+, which governs the Dat.

to set sail, +aus´segeln+.

ere nightfall, +vor Dunkelwerden+.

Say ‘and of which each through many storms and upon many seas (+Meer+, n.) for days pursues its own course (+Richtung+, f.) and its own pace (+Lauf+, m.)’.

and — again, +welche aber dennoch wieder zusam´mentreffen+.

Say ‘and find that they lie after the long voyage (+Seefahrt+, f.) side by side (+neben einander+) in the same haven’.

Section 119.

DO GOOD IN YOUR OWN SPHERE OF ACTION.

“I want to be at work in the world,” said Tom, “and not dawdling away three years at Oxford.”

“What do you mean by ‘at work in the world?’” said the master, with his lips close to his saucerful of tea, and peering at Tom over it.

“Well, I mean real work; one’s profession, whatever one will really have to do, and make one’s living by. I want to be doing some real good, feeling (S. 30, N. 4) that I am not only at play in the world,” answered Tom, rather puzzled to find out himself what he really did mean.

“You are mixing up two very different things in your head, I think, Brown,” said the master, putting down (S. 111, N. 6) the empty saucer, “and you ought to get clear about them (S. 4, N. 5, B). You talk of ‘working to get your living’ and ‘doing some real good in the world’ in the same breath.”

+Wirkungskreis+, m.; your = thy.

to be at work = to do something.

to dawdle away, +vergeuden+.

mean = understand; by, +unter+; use the 2nd pers. sing.

+Die Lippen an den Rand der vollen Untertasse setzend+; to peer at a person, +auf einen blicken+; over it, +darüber weg+.

+jemandes.+

whatever (+das was+) one must really do to make one’s living (+seinen Unterhalt verdienen+).

at play = for play (+zum Spielen+).

Say ‘somewhat puzzled (+verlegen+) at (+über+) the meaning (+Sinn+, m.) of his words’.