German composition : $b A theoretical and practical guide to the art of translating English prose into German · Hermann Lange
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We must all endeavour to get rid of passion in discussing this church question, which, I am sorry to say, is, of all others, the most calculated to create passion. We are all, I believe, of one religion. I do not know (S. 51, N. 13), but I suppose there will come a time in the history of the world, when men will be astonished that Catholic and Protestant, Churchman and Nonconformist, had so much animosity and suspicion against each other.
I accept and believe in a very grand passage which I once met with in the writings of the illustrious founder of the colony and (S. 10, N. 9) state of Pennsylvania, that “the humble, meek, merciful, just, pious, and devout souls are everywhere of one religion; and when death (S. 3, N. 2) has taken off the mask, they will know one another, though the diverse liveries they wear make them strangers.”
+Zustand+, m.
to deliver a speech, +eine Rede halten+. Construe according to S. 7, N. 3, A; the House of Commons, +das Haus der Gemeinen+.
to get rid of passion, +sich der Leidenschaftlichkeit enthalten+.
in discussion = when we discuss (+besprechen+).
+welche leider mehr als jede andere dazu angethan ist, die Leidenschaften zu erregen.+
are = have; of one = the same. Commence the passage with ‘I believe’.
there — time, +es wird einst ... eine Zeit kommen+.
to be astonished at a thing, +sich über etwas wundern+. Comp. S. 87, N. 6.
Use the pl. with this and the three following nouns.
= members of the English Church.
+Nonkonformisten.+
to have animosity, +Feindschaft hegen+.
Say ‘I believe in (+an+, with Acc.) the following sublime utterance (+Äußerung+, f.)’.
met with = read.
The passage ‘that — religion’ will be much improved by substituting the adverb ‘+nämlich+:’ (viz.) for the conjunction ‘that’.
+die Bescheidenen.+
After ‘death’ insert the pron. ‘+ihnen+’, which will make the reading much clearer; auxiliary ‘has’ may be omitted according to App. § 22.
+sich einander erkennen.+
Use the pl. of +Gewand+, n.
make them strangers, +sie hienieden unter einander entfremden+.
Section 122.
THE STATE OF IRELAND.
