On Liberty — Page 2
His exercise was taken in the form of walks with his father, during which the elder Mill lectured his son and examined him on his work.
Seine körperliche Betätigung bestand in Spaziergängen mit seinem Vater, bei denen der ältere Mill seinen Sohn belehrte und ihn über seine Arbeit prüfte.
It is idle to speculate on the possible results of a different treatment.
Es ist müßig, über die möglichen Ergebnisse einer anderen Behandlung zu spekulieren.
Mill remained delicate throughout his life, but was endowed with that intense mental energy which is so often combined with physical weakness.
Mill blieb sein ganzes Leben lang zart, war jedoch mit jener intensiven geistigen Energie begabt, die so häufig mit körperlicher Schwäche einhergeht.
His youth was sacrificed to an idea; he was designed by his father to carry on his work; the individuality of the boy was unimportant.
Seine Jugend wurde einer Idee geopfert; sein Vater hatte ihn dazu bestimmt, sein Werk fortzuführen; die Individualität des Knaben war unwichtig.
A visit to the south of France at the age of fourteen, in company with the family of General Sir Samuel Bentham, was not without its influence.
Ein Besuch in Südfrankreich im Alter von vierzehn Jahren, in Gesellschaft der Familie von General Sir Samuel Bentham, blieb nicht ohne Einfluss.
It was a glimpse of another atmosphere, though the studious habits of his home life were maintained.
Es war ein Blick in eine andere Atmosphäre, obwohl die fleißigen Gewohnheiten seines häuslichen Lebens beibehalten wurden.
Moreover, he derived from it his interest in foreign politics, which remained one of his characteristics to the end of his life.
Darüber hinaus schöpfte er daraus sein Interesse an der auswärtigen Politik, das bis an sein Lebensende eines seiner Merkmale blieb.
In 1823 he was appointed junior clerk in the Examiners' Office at the India House.
Im Jahr 1823 wurde er als Hilfsschreiber im Prüfungsamt des India House ernannt.
Mill's first essays were written in the Traveller about a year before he entered the India House.
Mills erste Aufsätze wurden im Traveller etwa ein Jahr vor seinem Eintritt in das India House verfasst.
From that time forward his literary work was uninterrupted save by attacks of illness.
Von da an wurde seine schriftstellerische Arbeit nur durch Krankheitsanfälle unterbrochen.
His industry was stupendous.
Sein Fleiß war erstaunlich.
He wrote articles on an infinite variety of subjects, political, metaphysical, philosophic, religious, poetical.
Er schrieb Artikel über eine unendliche Vielfalt von Themen: politische, metaphysische, philosophische, religiöse und poetische.
He discovered Tennyson for his generation, he influenced the writing of Carlyle's French Revolution as well as its success.
Er entdeckte Tennyson für seine Generation, und er beeinflusste sowohl das Verfassen von Carlyles Französischer Revolution als auch deren Erfolg.
Vocabulary
- Seine
- His; possessive pronoun referring to a male subject
- körperliche
- Physical; relating to the body
- Betätigung
- Activity or exercise; engagement in a task
- bestand
- Consisted of; past tense of bestehen
- Spaziergängen
- Walks; leisurely strolls taken outdoors
- seinem
- His; dative form of possessive pronoun sein
- Vater
- Father; male parent
- bei
- During or at; preposition indicating proximity or occasion
- denen
- During which; relative pronoun in dative plural
- ältere
- Older; comparative adjective describing age
- seinen
- His; accusative masculine form of possessive pronoun
- Sohn
- Son; male offspring
- belehrte
- Instructed or taught; past tense of belehren
- ihn
- Him; accusative personal pronoun, third person singular
- über
- About or over; preposition indicating topic or position
- seine
- His; possessive pronoun, feminine or plural form
- Arbeit
- Work; labor or professional occupation
- prüfte
- Tested or examined; past tense of prüfen
- müßig
- Idle or pointless; futile, without purpose
- möglichen
- Possible; adjective describing potential outcomes
- Ergebnisse
- Results or outcomes; plural of Ergebnis
- anderen
- Other or different; adjective in declined form
- Behandlung
- Treatment; manner of dealing with someone or something
- spekulieren
- To speculate; to theorize without firm evidence
- blieb
- Remained; past tense of bleiben
- sein
- His or to be; possessive pronoun or infinitive
- ganzes
- Entire or whole; adjective indicating completeness
- Leben
- Life; existence or lifetime of a person
- lang
- Long; adjective or adverb indicating duration or length
- zart
- Delicate or frail; describing physical fragility
- war
- Was; past tense of sein
- jedoch
- However; conjunction indicating contrast or exception
- jener
- That; demonstrative pronoun referring to something previously mentioned
- intensiven
- Intense; adjective describing great strength or concentration
- geistigen
- Intellectual or mental; relating to the mind or spirit
- Energie
- Energy; vigor or force applied to activity
- begabt
- Gifted or talented; endowed with special ability
- häufig
- Frequently or often; occurring many times
- körperlicher
- Physical; genitive or dative form of körperlich
- Schwäche
- Weakness; lack of physical or mental strength
- einhergeht
- Accompanies or goes along with; third person singular of einhergehen
- Jugend
- Youth; the period of being young
- wurde
- Was or became; past passive auxiliary of werden
- Idee
- Idea; a thought or concept
- geopfert
- Sacrificed; past participle of opfern
- hatte
- Had; past tense of haben
- dazu
- For that purpose; adverb indicating intended use
- bestimmt
- Destined or designated; adjective or past participle of bestimmen
- Werk
- Work or opus; a created piece or body of work
- fortzuführen
- To continue or carry on; infinitive of fortführen
- Individualität
- Individuality; the quality of being unique and distinct
- Knaben
- Boy; genitive or dative form of Knabe
- unwichtig
- Unimportant; not significant or relevant
- Besuch
- Visit; a trip to see someone or a place
- Südfrankreich
- Southern France; geographical region in southern France
- Alter
- Age; the number of years lived
- vierzehn
- Fourteen; the number 14
- Jahren
- Years; dative plural of Jahr
- Gesellschaft
- Society or company; group of people or companionship
- Familie
- Family; a group of related individuals
- General
- General; high-ranking military officer
- nicht
- Not; negation particle
- ohne
- Without; preposition indicating absence of something
- Einfluss
- Influence; the power to affect others or events
- Blick
- Glance or glimpse; a quick look at something
- andere
- Other or different; adjective indicating distinction
- Atmosphäre
- Atmosphere; the surrounding environment or mood
- obwohl
- Although or even though; subordinating conjunction of concession
- fleißigen
- Diligent or industrious; adjective in declined form
- Gewohnheiten
- Habits; regular practices or routines
- seines
- His; genitive form of possessive pronoun sein
- häuslichen
- Domestic; relating to home or household life
- Lebens
- Life's; genitive form of Leben
- beibehalten
- Maintained or retained; past participle of beibehalten
- wurden
- Were; past tense passive auxiliary of werden
- Darüber
- Beyond that or moreover; adverb indicating addition
- hinaus
- Beyond; adverb indicating exceeding a point
- schöpfte
- Drew or derived; past tense of schöpfen
- daraus
- From that or out of it; adverb indicating source
- Interesse
- Interest; curiosity or concern for a subject
- auswärtigen
- Foreign or external; adjective describing outside affairs
- Politik
- Politics; the activities of government and public affairs
- bis
- Until or up to; preposition indicating endpoint
- Lebensende
- End of life; the conclusion of one's lifetime
- seiner
- His; genitive possessive pronoun referring to a male
- Merkmale
- Characteristics or features; distinguishing traits
- Jahr
- Year; a period of twelve months
- als
- As or when; conjunction indicating comparison or time
- Hilfsschreiber
- Assistant clerk; junior clerical worker in an office
- Prüfungsamt
- Examination office; administrative body handling official examinations
- ernannt
- Appointed; past participle of ernennen
- erste
- First; ordinal adjective indicating initial position
- Aufsätze
- Essays; short written compositions on a topic
- etwa
- About or approximately; adverb indicating rough estimation
- vor
- Before or ago; preposition indicating precedence or time
- Eintritt
- Entry or admission; act of entering a position or place
- verfasst
- Written or authored; past participle of verfassen
- da
- There or then; adverb indicating place or time
- schriftstellerische
- Literary or authorial; adjective relating to writing activity
- nur
- Only; adverb indicating restriction or limitation
- durch
- Through or by; preposition indicating means or passage
- Krankheitsanfälle
- Bouts of illness; episodes of sickness or disease
- unterbrochen
- Interrupted; past participle of unterbrechen
- Sein
- His; possessive pronoun or infinitive of to be
- Fleiß
- Diligence; hard work and industrious effort
- erstaunlich
- Astonishing or remarkable; causing great surprise
- schrieb
- Wrote; past tense of schreiben
- Artikel
- Articles; written pieces published in a periodical
- unendliche
- Infinite or endless; adjective indicating no limit
- Vielfalt
- Variety or diversity; a wide range of different things
- Themen
- Topics or themes; subjects under discussion or study
- politische
- Political; relating to government or public affairs
- metaphysische
- Metaphysical; relating to abstract philosophical concepts
- philosophische
- Philosophical; relating to the study of fundamental questions
- religiöse
- Religious; relating to faith, belief, or worship
- poetische
- Poetic; relating to or characteristic of poetry
- entdeckte
- Discovered; past tense of entdecken
- Generation
- Generation; a group of people born in the same era
- beeinflusste
- Influenced; past tense of beeinflussen
- sowohl
- Both; conjunction used in sowohl…als auch construction
- Verfassen
- Writing or composing; the act of authoring a text
- Französischer
- French; adjective referring to France, here in genitive form
- Revolution
- Revolution; a fundamental political or social upheaval
- auch
- Also or too; adverb indicating addition
- deren
- Its or their; genitive relative or demonstrative pronoun
- Erfolg
- Success; achievement of a desired goal or outcome
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