Chapter 2

The monks in olden times found it so. When (S. 18, N. 6) they shut themselves up from the world to worship God in prayers and hymns, they found that [here follows the subject “they”], without working, without hard work either of head or of hands, they could not even be good men (S. 134, N. 9). The devil came and tempted them, they said, as often as they were idle. An idle monk’s soul was lost, they used (S. 129, N. 6) to say, and they spoke truly. Though they gave up a large portion of every day, and of every night also, to prayer and worship, (S. 27, N. 8) yet they found [that] they could not pray aright without work.

And “working (S. 11, N. 7) is praying,” said one of the holiest of them that ever lived; and he spoke truth (S. 3, N. 2); if a man will but do his work for the sake of duty, which is for the sake of God.—CHARLES KINGSLEY.

Turn ‘it so’ by ‘+das+’, which place at the head of the sentence, using the inverted construction and inserting the adv. ‘+auch+’ after the verb.

to shut oneself up, +sich ab´schließen+, sep. comp. str. v. refl.

durch; to worship, +verehren+.

working = work.

+ohne angestrengte Kopf- oder Handarbeit+.

not even, +nicht einmal+.

The words ‘They said’ are best placed at the head of this passage. To translate the verbs correctly, you must carefully read App. §§ 28 and 30.

and tempted them = in order to tempt them.

+wären.+

‘to give up’, here = to devote, +widmen+, with dat.

of — also = of the day and of the night.

+dem Gebet und den Andachtsübungen.+

yet, +doch+, to be placed after the subject.

who ever (+je+) has lived. How must the verbs be placed?

Begin a new period here, and say: ‘When a man (S. 134, N. 9) does his work for the sake of (+um ... willen+, which governs the Gen.) his duty, (S. 27, N. 8) he does it (to agree with ‘duty’) for God’s sake’.

Section 136.

DO NOT BE ASHAMED OF YOUR ORIGIN.