Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave — Page 6
As a public speaker, he excels in pathos, wit, comparison, imitation, strength of reasoning, and fluency of language.
Als öffentlicher Redner übertrifft er andere in Pathos, Witz, Vergleich, Nachahmung, Stärke der Argumentation und Gewandtheit der Sprache.
There is in him that union of head and heart, which is indispensable to an enlightenment of the heads and a winning of the hearts of others.
In ihm vereinen sich Verstand und Herz auf eine Weise, die unentbehrlich ist, um den Verstand anderer zu erleuchten und ihre Herzen zu gewinnen.
May his strength continue to be equal to his day!
Möge seine Kraft seinem Tag stets gewachsen bleiben!
It is certainly a very remarkable fact, that one of the most efficient advocates of the slave population, now before the public, is a fugitive slave, in the person of _Frederick Douglass_; and that the free colored population of the United States are as ably represented by one of their own number, in the person of _Charles Lenox Remond_, whose eloquent appeals have extorted the highest applause of multitudes on both sides of the Atlantic.
Es ist gewiss eine sehr bemerkenswerte Tatsache, dass einer der wirksamsten Fürsprecher der versklavten Bevölkerung, der derzeit vor der Öffentlichkeit steht, ein entflohener Sklave ist, nämlich _Frederick Douglass_; und dass die freie farbige Bevölkerung der Vereinigten Staaten ebenso fähig durch einen aus ihrer eigenen Mitte vertreten wird, nämlich durch _Charles Lenox Remond_, dessen beredte Appelle auf beiden Seiten des Atlantiks den höchsten Beifall der Massen errungen haben.
Let the calumniators of the colored race despise themselves for their baseness and illiberality of spirit, and henceforth cease to talk of the natural inferiority of those who require nothing but time and opportunity to attain to the highest point of human excellence.
Die Verleumder der farbigen Rasse mögen sich für ihre Niederträchtigkeit und Engstirnigkeit schämen und fortan aufhören, von der natürlichen Minderwertigkeit derer zu reden, die nichts weiter als Zeit und Gelegenheit benötigen, um den höchsten Grad menschlicher Vortrefflichkeit zu erreichen.
It may, perhaps, be fairly questioned, whether any other portion of the population of the earth could have endured the privations, sufferings and horrors of slavery, without having become more degraded in the scale of humanity than the slaves of African descent.
Es kann vielleicht zu Recht gefragt werden, ob irgendein anderer Teil der Erdbevölkerung die Entbehrungen, Leiden und Schrecken der Sklaverei hätte ertragen können, ohne in der Stufenleiter der Menschlichkeit tiefer gesunken zu sein als die Sklaven afrikanischer Abstammung.
Vocabulary
- Als
- When; as; in the capacity of.
- öffentlicher
- Public; related to the general public.
- Redner
- Speaker; orator; one who speaks publicly.
- übertrifft
- Surpasses; exceeds; outshines in quality.
- er
- He; male personal pronoun.
- andere
- Others; different people or things.
- in
- In; into; within a space or time.
- Pathos
- Pathos; emotional appeal or deep feeling.
- Witz
- Wit; humor; clever and amusing remark.
- Vergleich
- Comparison; act of comparing two things.
- Nachahmung
- Imitation; copying or mimicking something.
- Stärke
- Strength; power; physical or moral force.
- der
- The; definite article (feminine, dative, genitive).
- und
- And; conjunction connecting words or clauses.
- Gewandtheit
- Dexterity; agility; skill in movement or speech.
- Sprache
- Language; system of communication with words.
- In
- In; within; expressing location or condition.
- ihm
- Him; dative form of masculine pronoun.
- vereinen
- Unite; combine; bring together as one.
- sich
- Oneself; reflexive pronoun for all persons.
- Verstand
- Intellect; mind; faculty of reasoning.
- Herz
- Heart; organ of emotion and compassion.
- auf
- On; upon; expressing position or movement.
- eine
- A; one; indefinite article (feminine/accusative).
- Weise
- Manner; way; method of doing something.
- die
- The; definite article (feminine/plural).
- unentbehrlich
- Indispensable; essential; absolutely necessary to have.
- ist
- Is; present tense of verb sein.
- um
- In order to; for the purpose of.
- den
- The; definite article (masculine accusative).
- anderer
- Another's; of other people or things.
- zu
- To; toward; expressing purpose or direction.
- erleuchten
- Illuminate; enlighten; shed light upon mentally.
- ihre
- Their; possessive pronoun (plural or formal).
- Herzen
- Hearts; plural of Herz; emotional centers.
- gewinnen
- Win; gain; obtain or achieve something.
- Möge
- May; expressing wish or hope for future.
- seine
- His; possessive pronoun (masculine/neuter singular).
- Kraft
- Power; strength; force or energy.
- seinem
- His; dative possessive pronoun (masculine/neuter).
- Tag
- Day; period of twenty-four hours.
- stets
- Always; constantly; at all times.
- gewachsen
- Equal to; capable of handling something.
- bleiben
- Remain; stay; continue in a state.
- Es
- It; neuter pronoun for things or ideas.
- gewiss
- Certainly; surely; without doubt whatsoever.
- sehr
- Very; greatly; to a high degree.
- bemerkenswerte
- Remarkable; noteworthy; deserving of attention or notice.
- Tatsache
- Fact; something known to be true.
- dass
- That; conjunction introducing subordinate clause.
- einer
- One of; referring to a single person.
- wirksamsten
- Most effective; most powerful; most successful.
- Fürsprecher
- Advocate; supporter; one who speaks for.
- versklavten
- Enslaved; made into slaves; kept in bondage.
- Bevölkerung
- Population; inhabitants of a region or place.
- derzeit
- Currently; at present; at this time.
- vor
- Before; in front of; prior to.
- Öffentlichkeit
- Public; the general public or society.
- steht
- Stands; is in an upright position.
- ein
- A; one; indefinite article (masculine/neuter).
- entflohener
- Escaped; fled; having run away from.
- Sklave
- Slave; person held in servitude or bondage.
- nämlich
- Namely; that is to say; specifically.
- freie
- Free; not enslaved or imprisoned.
- farbige
- Colored; people of non-white descent.
- Vereinigten
- United; combined; joined together as one.
- Staaten
- States; political units or territories.
- ebenso
- Equally; likewise; in the same way.
- fähig
- Capable; able; having the power to.
- durch
- Through; by means of; via.
- einen
- A; one; indefinite article (masculine accusative).
- aus
- From; out of; originating in.
- ihrer
- Their; possessive pronoun (genitive/dative plural).
- eigenen
- Own; belonging to oneself; personal.
- Mitte
- Middle; center; midst of something.
- vertreten
- Represent; act as agent for someone.
- wird
- Will be; future tense of sein.
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