II.

The[1] cobbler was there himself, spectacles[2] on nose, an old shoe between his (S. 43, N. 9) knees, the massive[3] forehead and firm mouth indicating[4] great determination of character, and, beneath his bushy eyebrows, benevolence[5] gleamed out on a number of poor ragged boys and girls who stood at their lessons round the busy cobbler. My curiosity was awakened; and in the inscription I read how this man, John Pounds, a cobbler in Portsmouth, took[6] pity on the multitude of[7] poor ragged children left[8] by ministers and magistrates, _and_ ladies and gentlemen, to go to ruin in the streets—how[9], like a good shepherd, he gathered in these wretched[10] outcasts—how he had trained[11] them to God and the world—and how[12], while earning his daily bread by[13] the sweat of his brow, he had rescued[14] from misery and saved to[15] society not less than five hundred of these gentlemen[16]. I felt[17] ashamed of myself. I[18] felt reproved for the little I had done. My feelings[19] were touched. I was astonished at the man’s achievements; and I[20] well remember, in[21] the enthusiasm of the moment, saying to my companion (and I have seen in my cooler and calmer moments no reason for[22] unsaying the saying): “That man is[23] an honour to humanity, and deserves the greatest monument ever[24] raised within the shores of Britain.”

[1] The — himself, +Da saß der Schuhflicker, wie er leibte und lebte+.

[2] spectacles, +die Brille+; on, +auf+, with the def. art.

[3] broad.

[4] indicating = gave evidence of (_zeugen von_).

[5] benevolence — cobbler = shone forth (_erglänzen_) a pair _of_ benevolent eyes with which he looked (_blicken_) upon a number (+Anzahl+, f.) _of_ poor, ragged (+zerlumpt+) boys and girls who learned their lessons (+Aufgabe+, f.) and stood around the busy (= industrious) cobbler. To stand around a person, +um einen herum´stehen+.

[6] to take pity on a person, +sich jemandes erbarmen+, with gen.

[7] Use the gen. of the adjectives.

[8] left — streets = which ministers (+Geistliche+) and magistrates (+Obrigkeit+, f.) had left (+überlas´sen+) to their ruin in (+auf+) the streets. Read App. § 17.

[9] After ‘how’ follows the subject ‘he’ according to S. 66, N. 15.

[10] wretched = unfortunate; gathered in = assembled around himself, +um sich her versammelte+.

[11] to train, +erzie´hen+; to, +für+.

[12] +und wie er sie, während er ... verdiente.+

[13] by — brow, +im Schweiße seines Angesichtes+, which place after ‘daily bread’.

[14] to rescue from misery, +aus dem Elend ziehen+. The auxiliary verb, which must be used in the Subjunctive, according to App. §§ 28 and 30, may be omitted in the intermediate clauses of this long period, and placed but once at the end of the entire passage.

[15] Use the dat. of the def. art.

[16] The word ‘gentlemen’ is best used in its unaltered form in this passage. It should be placed in inverted commas.

[17] to feel ashamed of oneself, +sich beschämt fühlen+.

[18] Say ‘The little (+was+) I had done was to me (+mir+) a reproach’.

[19] feelings = heart.

[20] I well remember = I know yet very well.

[21] Say ‘that I said in the enthusiasm of the moment’, etc.

[22] +das Gesagte zu widerrufen.+

[23] +macht der Menschheit Ehre.+

[24] = which ever (+je+) has been raised within the British Isles.

_Section 125._

DR. GUTHRIE ON RAGGED SCHOOLS.