[13] first-rate = considerable, +bedeutend+.
[14] Here follow the words ‘of — science’ after which transl. the adv.
‘infinitely’, which is followed by ‘ay (+ja+) ten times more’ and the
verb ‘knew’.
[15] specimens of flowers, +Blumenarten+.
[16] To obtain a thing as present, +etwas geschenkt erhalten+.
[17] accumulated = collected. Where, and in what order, must the verbs be
placed? Which voice must you use?—native, +heimisch+.
[18] +Exemplar+, n.; pl. +e+.
[19] +zusam´menstellen+, sep. comp. w. v.
[20] and the scientific names everywhere (+überall+) affixed
(+hinzu´fügen+), sep. comp. w. v.
_Section 134._
THE GOSPEL OF WORK.
I.
Work, hard[1] work, is a blessing to[2] the soul and the character[3]
of the man who works. Young men[4] may not think so. They[5] may say:
“What[6] more pleasant than to have[7] one’s fortune made for one,
and[8] have nothing more before one than to enjoy life? What[6] more
pleasant than to be idle; or, at least, to do only what one likes, and
no more than one likes?” But they would find themselves mistaken. They
would find that idleness makes a man[9] restless, discontented, greedy,
the[10] slave of his own lusts and passions, and see, too late, that
no man[9] is more to be pitied than the man[11] who has nothing to
do. Yes, thank[12] God, every morning, when you get up, that you have
something to do that day which must be done, whether you like it or
not. Being[13] forced to work, and forced to do your best, will breed
in[14] you temperance and self-control, diligence and strength of will,
cheerfulness and content, and _a_ (S. 132, N. 10) hundred virtues which
the idle[15] man will never know.
[1] +schwer.+
[2] +für.+
[3] character = dignity. Turn ‘of — works’ by ‘of him (+dessen+) who
(after which insert the adv. +da+) works.
[4] men = people, +Leute+. =When ‘people’ signifies ‘persons’ in the
general sense of the word, it is mostly rendered by +Leute+. In the
signification of ‘nation’ it is rendered by +Volk+, n., corresponding to
the Latin ‘populus’ and the French ‘peuple’.= In the first signification,
however, we can often translate it by the indefinite pronoun ‘+man+’,
which also corresponds to the English ‘=they=’, ‘=we=’, ‘=you=’, used in
a general and indefinite sense.
[5] = They say perhaps.
[6] +Was giebt es.+
[7] to have = to see; for one = by (+von+) others.
[8] Say ‘with no other task than to enjoy one’s life’?
[9] ‘=Man=’ is here used in the signification of ‘human being’, when it
is generally rendered by ‘+=der Mensch=+’.
[10] Read S. 102, N. 13.
[11] Use the demonstrative pron. +derjenige+.
[12] When the Imperative of the 2nd pers. is used in a general
application, we use it either in the 2nd pers. sing. or the 2nd pers. pl.
Use the 2nd pers. sing. in this case.
[13] Being — best = The compulsion (+Zwang+, m.) to work (+zur Arbeit+)
and the necessity to do your (= thy) best.
[14] Place ‘in you’ (= thee) after ‘virtues’, immediately before the
infinitive ‘breed’ (= awaken, +erwecken+).
[15] the idle man, +der Müßiggänger+.
_Section 135._
THE GOSPEL OF WORK.
II.
The monks in olden times found it so[1]. When (S. 18, N. 6) they shut[2]
themselves up from the world to worship God in[3] prayers and hymns,
they found that [here follows the subject “they”], without working[4],
without[5] hard work either of head or of hands, they could not[6] even
be good men (S. 134, N. 9). The[7] devil came and[8] tempted them, they
said, as often as they were[9] idle. An idle monk’s soul was lost, they
used (S. 129, N. 6) to say, and they spoke truly. Though they gave[10] up
a large portion of[11] every day, and of every night also, to[12] prayer
and worship, (S. 27, N. 8) yet[13] 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[14] ever lived; and he spoke truth (S. 3, N. 2); if[15] a man
will but do his work for the sake of duty, which is for the sake of
God.—CHARLES KINGSLEY.
[1] 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.
[2] to shut oneself up, +sich ab´schließen+, sep. comp. str. v. refl.
[3] durch; to worship, +verehren+.
[4] working = work.
[5] +ohne angestrengte Kopf- oder Handarbeit+.
[6] not even, +nicht einmal+.
[7] 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.
[8] and tempted them = in order to tempt them.
[9] +wären.+
[10] ‘to give up’, here = to devote, +widmen+, with dat.
[11] of — also = of the day and of the night.
[12] +dem Gebet und den Andachtsübungen.+
[13] yet, +doch+, to be placed after the subject.
[14] who ever (+je+) has lived. How must the verbs be placed?
[15] 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[1].
I.
General Bau, a German (S. 101, N. 1) officer in[1] the service
of Russia, who had contributed much to the elevation of the great
Catherine[2], had[3] orders to march to Holstein with a body of troops of
which he had the command. He was a soldier of fortune, and no one knew
either his family or his native place. One day (S. 19, N. 2), as he was
encamped near[4] Husum, he invited the principal[5] officers to dinner.
As they were sitting down to the table, they[6] saw a plain miller
and his wife brought into the tent, whom[7] the general had sent his
aide-de-camp to seek. The poor miller and his wife approached, trembling
(S. 53, N. 12) with[8] apprehension. The general reconciled them to[9]
their situation, and made[10] them sit down beside him to dinner, during
which he asked[11] them a number of questions about their family.
[1] Origin, +Herkunft+, f.; in the service of Russia, +in russischen
Diensten+.
[2] +~Katharina~+ I., +~Kaiserin von Rußland~, wurde am 15. April 1684
geboren und war die Tochter eines lithauischen Bauers, namens Samuel
Skawronski. Im Jahre 1701 wurde sie die Gattin eines schwedischen
Dragoners, fiel dann bei der Einnahme Marienburgs durch die Russen
(1702) in die Hände des russischen Generals Scheremetjew, durch den
sie zum Fürsten Menschikow und endlich zum Kaiser Peter dem Großen
kam, der sich in sie verliebte und sich im Jahre 1707 heimlich mit ihr
vermählen ließ. Ihr eigentlicher Taufname war ~Martha~, beim Übertritt
zur griechisch katholischen Kirche erhielt sie jedoch die Namen Katharina
Alexiewna. Im Jahre 1711 gelang es ihr, indem sie sich die Gunst des
Großveziers zu gewinnen wußte, am Pruth das russische Heer durch List
aus gefährlicher Lage zu befreien, worauf sie im Jahre 1712 von Peter
dem Großen öffentlich als seine rechtmäßige Gemahlin anerkannt wurde.
Sie wurde endlich im Jahre 1724 als Kaiserin feierlich gekrönt, als sie
jedoch nach Peters des Großen Tode im Jahre 1725 auf Betrieb des Fürsten
Menschikow als regierende Kaiserin ausgerufen wurde, überließ sie sich
einer zügellosen Lebensweise und starb am 17. Mai 1727. Sie ward Mutter
dreier Töchter, Katharina, Anna (Mutter Peters III.) und Elisabeth, der
nachmaligen Kaiserin.+
[3] Say ‘had the order’; render ‘to march — command,’ liter. = with an
under his command standing body of troops (+Truppencorps+, n.) to (S. 72,
N. 4) Holstein to march.
[4] near = not far from, +unweit+.
[5] = first.
[6] = they saw that a simple miller and his wife were brought into the
tent.
[7] +die der General durch seinen Adjutanten hatte holen lassen.+
[8] +vor+.
[9] +mit+.
[10] made them sit down, +ließ+ (or +hieß+, bade) +sie ... platz´nehmen+;
beside him = on his side; to dinner, +beim Essen+.
[11] to ask a person numerous questions, +einem viele Fragen vor´legen+;
about, +über+.
_Section 137._
DO NOT BE ASHAMED OF YOUR ORIGIN.
II.
The good man told him _that_ he was (App. § 28) the eldest son of a
miller, and that he had two brothers in[1] a mercantile line and a
sister. “But,” said the general, “had you[2] not another brother besides
the two whom you have mentioned?” The miller told him he had another[3]
brother, but[4] he went to the wars very young, and as[5] they had never
heard of him, they supposed he was dead. The[6] general, reading (S.
16, N. 4) in the eyes of the officers that they were surprised at his
entertaining himself so long with questioning the poor man, turned to
them and said: “Gentlemen, you have always been curious to know from
what family I sprung[7]; I now tell[8] you that I am not ashamed of my
origin; that I am the brother of this honest miller; he has given you the
history[9] of my family.” The general, after spending[10] (S. 55, N. 1)
the day with his relations, in[11] the festivity of which his officers
heartily joined, took measures to better their fortune[12].—ANECDOTES.
[1] in — line, +im Kaufmannsstande+.
[2] Translate ‘you’ by +Ihr+ in this address, and use the verb in the 2nd
pers. pl., which at that time was the common address for people of the
lower rank of society. Say ‘had you (+Ihr+) besides (+außer+) the two
already mentioned brothers not yet another’?
[3] +noch einen.+
[4] +aber er sei sehr jung in den Krieg gezogen.+
[5] +da+; read S. 27, N. 8.
[6] Say ‘The general who read in the eyes of the officers their surprise
(insert +darüber+), that he occupied himself so long with the questioning
(+Ausfragen+, n.) of the poor man’.
[7] +stammen.+
[8] tell = say.
[9] family-history, S. 76, N. 22, _A_.
[10] To spend a day with one’s relations, +einen Tag in Gesellschaft
seiner Verwandten verleben+.
[11] +bei welcher Festlichkeit sich die Offiziere herzlich beteiligten.+
[12] fortune = position.
_Section 138._
NOT NEAR ENOUGH YET.
There[1] is a popular report in the Brandenburg district, where
Bismarck’s family has been so many centuries at home, which attributes
to the Bismarcks, as the characteristic saying of the house, the
phrase: “+Noch lange nicht genug+”—(Not near enough yet), _and_ which
expresses[2], we[3] suppose, the popular[4] conception of[5] their
tenacity of purpose—that[6] they were not tired out of any plan they
had formed by a reiterated failure or a pertinacious opposition which
would have disheartened most of their compeers. There[7] is a somewhat
extravagant illustration of this characteristic in Bismarck’s wild,
youthful days, if his biographer may be trusted. When studying[8] law at
Berlin, he had been more than once disappointed[9] by a bootmaker who[10]
did not send home his boots when they were promised. Accordingly[11]
when this next happened, a servant of the young jurist appeared at the
bootmaker’s at six in the morning (App. § 9) with the simple question:
“Are Herr[12] von Bismarck’s boots ready?” When he was told they were
not[13], he departed[14], but _at_ ten minutes past six another servant
appeared, asking[15] the same question, and[16] so at precise intervals
of ten minutes it went on all day, till by[17] the evening the boots were
finished and[18] sent home.—EARLE, “THE PHILOLOGY OF THE ENGLISH TONGUE.”
[1] Say ‘In the province _of_ Brandenburg, where the family Bismarck for
(+seit+) several centuries is at home (‘to be at home,’ here +ansässig
sein+) there is (+existiert+) a popular (+volkstümlich+) report (+Sage+,
f.) which, as _a_ characteristic saying (+Wahlspruch+, m.) attributes
(+zu´schreiben+, with the dat.) to the Bismarcks the phrase (+Motto+,
n.)’.
[2] +bezeichnet.+
[3] Say ‘as we suppose’, which place after the rel. pron.
[4] +populär+; conception, +Vorstellung+, f.
[5] +von ihrem zähen Festhalten am Zwecke.+
[6] that they even (+auch+) through repeated failure (+Fehlschlagen+) or
pertinacious (+hartnäckig+) opposition (+Widerstand+, m.), which would
have discouraged (+entmutigt hätte+, which place at the end of this
clause) most of their compeers (+Standesgenossen+), were not tired out
of any plan they had formed (+sich nicht von ihrem einmal gefaßten Plane
abbringen ließen+).
[7] A somewhat eccentric illustration (+Belag+, m.) of (+für+) this
characteristic quality we find in Bismarck’s wild (+stürmisch+) youth, if
we can trust his biographer.
[8] To study law, +Jura studieren+.
[9] +täuschen+; by, +von+.
[10] Say ‘who had not (App. § 10) sent back his boots at the appointed
(+verabredet+) time’.
[11] When (S. 4, N. 2) it therefore happened again (+wieder geschehen+).
[12] +=Fürst Otto von Bismarck= wurde am 1. April 1815 zu Schönhausen,
dem Stammgute der Familie Bismarck, in der Provinz Brandenburg im
Königreiche Preußen geboren. Er entstammt der alten preußischen adeligen
Familie von Bismarck, welche auch von Bismarck-Schönhausen genannt
wird, um dieselbe von der ihr verwandten Familie von Bismarck-Bohlen
zu unterscheiden. Von Bismarck trat zuerst öffentlich auf dem Landtage
von 1847 als Führer der äußersten Rechten+ (extreme Conservatives)
+und dann als Mitglied der im Jahre 1848 tagenden zweiten preußischen
Kammer+ (the Prussian House of Commons) +als entschiedener Gegner
des Repräsentationssystems+ (Representative Government) +und der
Reichsverfassung hervor. Sein entschiedenes Talent für die diplomatische
Laufbahn bestimmte die Regierung, ihn im Jahre 1851 zum Legationssekretär
bei der preußischen Bundestagsgesandschaft in Frankfurt a/M. zu ernennen.
Drei Monate später wurde er jedoch schon zum Bundestagsgesandten
erhoben, in welcher Eigenschaft er vergeblich Preußens Gleichstellung
mit Östreich beim Bundestage erstrebte. Nachdem er seit dem 1. April
1859 preußischer Gesandter in Petersburg und seit dem Frühjahr 1862
Botschafter in Paris gewesen, trat er am 24. September desselben Jahres
als Minister des Auswärtigen an die Spitze des neu ernannten Kabinetts.
Es würde zu weit führen, hier auf die Einzelheiten seiner großartigen
Erfolge als Ministerpräsident einzugehen, genüge es zu bemerken, daß
sein Hauptstreben darauf gerichtet war, Preußen zur herrschenden Macht
in Deutschland zu machen, Östreich daraus zu verdrängen, und schließlich
durch Auflösung des deutschen Staatenbundes ein einiges Deutschland
unter dem Zepter Preußens zu schaffen. Wie ihm diese Aufgabe gelang,
ist allgemein bekannt. Die schon lange zwischen Preußen und Östreich
bestandene Eifersucht brach endlich im Jahre 1866 durch den Krieg in
lichten Flammen aus. Preußen ging glänzend aus demselben als Sieger
hervor. Durch den Prager Friedensvertrag entsagte Östreich nicht allein
seinen Ansprüchen als Präsidialmacht im deutschen Staatenbunde, sondern
schied gänzlich aus demselben aus und erkannte den unter Preußens
Führung zu stiftenden Norddeutschen Bund an. In Anerkennung seiner
großen Erfolge wurde Bismarck nach beendigtem Kriege in den Grafenstand
erhoben und zugleich zum Kanzler des Norddeutschen Bundes ernannt,
dessen Angelegenheiten er mit so bedeutendem Geschick leitete, daß bei
der im Jahre 1870 von Frankreich an Preußen erfolgten Kriegserklärung
auch die Südstaaten sich dem Norddeutschen Bunde anschlossen und
das ganze Deutschland vereinigt gegen den Feind in den Kampf ziehen
konnte, aus dem es mit Lorbeeren gekrönt siegreich hervorging. Schon
am 18. Januar 1871 ward König Wilhelm I. von Preußen unter Zustimmung
aller deutschen Staaten im Schlosse zu Versailles als deutscher Kaiser
proklamiert. Das große Ziel Bismarcks war erreicht. Die Einheit des
bisher zerstückelten Vaterlandes war wiederhergestellt, ein mächtiges
deutsches Reich unter der Führung Preußens gegründet, und die demselben
drohenden Feinde waren besiegt und geschlagen. Am 20. Mai 1871 wurde von
dem Fürsten und Reichskanzler Bismarck zu Frankfurt a/M. der Friede mit
Frankreich unterzeichnet, durch welchen die früher von dem deutschen
Reiche getrennten Herzogtümer Lothringen und Elsaß demselben wieder
einverleibt wurden und Frankreich sich verpflichtete, an Deutschland eine
Kriegsentschädigung von fünf Milliarden Franken zu zahlen. Die Eröffnung
des deutschen Reichstages in Berlin, am 21. März 1871, gehört vielleicht
zu den größten Triumphen dieses höchst seltsamen bewunderungswürdigen
Mannes.+
[13] Supply ‘ready’, and use the Present Subjunctive.
[14] +fort´gehen.+
[15] = with the same question.
[16] and — day = and this was repeated (+und dies wiederholte sich+)
all day long (+den ganzen Tag lang+) at (+in+) precise intervals of 10
minutes.
[17] +an+, contracted with the def. art.
[18] = and were sent back.
_Section 139._
A GREAT LOSS.
Mr. Thomas Carlyle had lent the Manuscript of the first volume of his
“French Revolution” to a neighbour to peruse. By[1] some mischance or
other, it[2] had been left lying on the parlour-floor, and[3] become
forgotten. Weeks ran on[4], when at last the historian sent for[5] his
manuscript, the[6] printers being loud for copy. Inquiries[7] were made,
and[8] then it was found that the maid-of-all-work, finding[9] what she
conceived to be a bundle of waste paper on the floor, had[10] used it to
light the kitchen and parlour fires with[11]. Such[12] was the answer
returned[13] to Mr. Carlyle, and his consternation and despair may be
imagined (S. 4, N. 4). There[14] was, however, no help for him but to
set himself resolutely to work to re-write his book; and[15] he turned
to and did it. He had no draft[16], and[17] was compelled to rake up
from his memory facts, ideas, and expressions, which had long since been
dismissed. The composition[18] of the book in the first instance had
been a _work of_ real pleasure; the[19] re-writing of it, a second time,
was one of pain and anguish almost beyond belief. That[20] he persevered
and finished the volume under such circumstances affords[21] an instance
of determination of purpose which has seldom been exceeded.—S. SMILES,
“SELF-HELP.”
[1] By — other = Through a mischance (+Mißgeschick+, n.).
[2] it — lying, +hatte man es ... liegen lassen+.
[3] and — forgotten = where it was forgotten.
[4] ran on = passed away.
[5] +nach.+
[6] the — copy = since the printers desired (+verlangen+) the same.
[7] to make inquiries, +Nachforschungen anstellen+.
[8] +und nun stellte es sich heraus.+
[9] finding — floor = in the opinion of finding a bundle of worthless
papers on the floor.
[10] had used (+benutzen ... zu+) the same. Read carefully S. 87, N. 6,
and construe accordingly.
[11] with = with it, S. 4, N. 5, _B_.
[12] Such = that.
[13] = which Mr. C. received.
[14] +Es blieb ihm indessen nichts anderes übrig, als.+
[15] +und er machte sich daran und führte es aus.+
[16] +Entwurf+, m.
[17] and — dismissed = and had to (= must) torture (+abmartern+) his
memory in order to find again the from (+von+) him long forgotten facts,
ideas, and expressions.
[18] composition = work; in the first instance = at first. Supply ‘for
him’ after ‘pleasure’.
[19] Say ‘to write it for the (+zum+) second time was a painful and
almost incredibly anxious (+angstvoll+) work.
[20] +Daß er sie durchführte.+
[21] = is; determination of purpose = strength of will, +Willenskraft+,
f.; exceeded, +übertroffen+.
_Section 140._
HERO WORSHIP[1].
I.
Do[2] not think it a mean thing to look up to (+zu+) those who are
superior to yourselves[3]. On the contrary, you will find in practice[4],
that _it is_ only the meanest hearts, the shallowest and the basest (S.
128, N. 11) _who_ feel no admiration, but (S. 6, N. 10) only envy for
those who are better than themselves, who delight in[5] finding fault
with them, blackening (S. 1, N. 3) their character, and showing that
they are not after all so much superior to other[6] people; while[7] _it
is_ the noblest-hearted, the very men who are most worthy to be admired
themselves, who feel[8] most the pleasure, the joy, and the strength of
reverence (S. 3, N. 2); of[9] having some one whom they can look up to
and admire; some one in whose company they can forget[10] themselves,
their own interest, their own pleasure, their own honour and[11] glory,
and cry: “Him I must hear; him I must follow; to him I must cling,
whatever[12] may betide!”
[1] +Heldenverehrung+, f.
[2] Do — thing, +Halte es nicht für zu gering+.
[3] Use the second person plural; to be superior to a person, +einem weit
überlegen sein+.
[4] in practice = always.
[5] in — them = to discover weaknesses in (+an+, with dat.) them.
[6] to other people = to others.
[7] while — men, +während die hochherzigsten Menschen, gerade diejenigen+.
[8] ‘to feel’, here +empfinden+; ‘most’ here = deepest, +am tiefsten+;
pleasure, +Genuß+, m.
[9] In order to connect this sentence more closely with the preceding, I
propose to say: ‘the pleasure (+Genuß+, m.) of having (S. 34, N. 10) some
one to (+zu+) whom they _can_ look up, and whom they can admire’. The
auxiliary ‘can’ must be omitted in the first instance.
[10] Where must you place the two verbs, and in what order?
[11] It is a matter of course that the words ‘their own’ must be repeated
here in German. Why?
[12] Whatever (+Was auch+) may happen.
_Section 141._
HERO WORSHIP.
II.
Blessed[1] and ennobling is the feeling which gathers round a wise
teacher or[2] a great statesman all _the_ more earnest, high-minded,
pious youths of his generation[3]; the[4] feeling which makes[5] soldiers
follow the general whom they trust, they know not why or whither, through
danger[6], hunger, fatigue, and[7] death itself; the[4] feeling which,
in its highest perfection, made[8] the Apostles forsake all and follow
Christ[9], saying (S. 111, N. 6): “Lord, to[10] whom shall we go?
Thou hast _the_ words of eternal life,” and which made them[11] ready
to work[12] and to die for Him whom the world called the Son of the
carpenter, but whom they, through[13] the Spirit of God bearing witness
with their own pure and noble spirits, knew[14] to be the Son of the
Living God.—CHARLES KINGSLEY, “THE WATER OF LIFE.”
[1] +Beglückend.+
[2] Repeat here the prep. ‘round’, +um+.
[3] generation = time.
[4] +jenes.+
[5] to make follow, +folgen heißen+, which verbs must be placed after
the rel. clause; +folgen+ requires the dat.; to trust a person, +einem
vertrauen+.
[6] Use the pl. with this noun.
[7] yea, even unto death.
[8] ‘to make’, here again +heißen+ (to bid), str. v. tr.; which place
after ‘follow’ according to App. § 19.
[9] _Jesus Christ_ has retained its Latin declension, thus: N. +Jesus
Christus+; G. +Jesu Christi+; D. +Jesu Christo+; Acc. +Jesum Christum+.
Use the dat. +Christo+, since +folgen+ governs the dat.
[10] ‘to whom’, here +wohin+ (whither), which appears in the German text
of the Bible.
[11] ‘to make ready’, here = to enable, +befähigen+.
[12] +wirken+ is more appropriate here than +arbeiten+, considering the
elevated style of the whole speech.
[13] through — spirits, +kraft des göttlichen Geistes, der in ihren
reinen, edlen Herzen Zeugnis ablegte+.
[14] knew to be, +als+ (followed by the Acc.) ... +erkannten+.
_Section 142._
JAMES WATT AND THE STEAM-ENGINE.
I.
James Watt was the great Improver of the steam-engine; but, in truth[1],
as to all that is admirable in its structure, or vast in its utility, he
should rather be described as its Inventor. _It was_ by his inventions
_that_ its action[2] was so regulated as[3] to make it capable of being
applied to the finest and most delicate manufactures, and its power so
increased as to set weight and solidity at defiance. By his admirable
contrivances[4] it has become a thing stupendous alike for its force
and flexibility, for the prodigious power which it can exert, and the
ease, precision, and ductility with which this power can be varied,
distributed, and applied. The trunk of an elephant, that can pick up a
pin or rend[5] an oak, is _as_ nothing to it. It can engrave a seal, and
crush masses of obdurate metal _before it_, draw out without[6] breaking
a thread as fine as gossamer, and lift a ship of war like a bubble in
the air. It can embroider[7] muslin and forge anchors, cut steel into
ribbons[8], and impel[9] loaded vessels against the fury of the winds and
waves.