Note 2 — Section 125. DR. GUTHRIE ON RAGGED SCHOOLS. III.
Reading edition
[1] I followed up (verfolgen) the life of this man.
[2] von.
[3] of Him, dessen.
[4] who (der da) had compassion with the poor.
[5] auch, placed after the verb.
[6] wie Paulus, which place after ‘him’; by art = through cunning (List).
[7] He — seen = One saw him often; to chase a person, einem nach´laufen. Read S. 78, N. 14, 2.
[8] zur Schule.
[9] Macht, f.
[10] Say ‘of an I. for a hot potato’.
[11] and one could often see how J. P. held a hot potato under a boy’s nose.—To hold a potato under one’s nose, einem eine Kartoffel unter die Nase halten.
[12] and (insert here dabei) wore as ragged a coat as the boy himself.
[13] an dem Ehre erwiesen wird.
[14] to be due, gebühren.
[15] Say ‘then I see (dann sehe ich im Geiste) how all those’, etc.
[16] besingen.
[17] sich gleich einer Woge auseinanderteilen.
[18] and — said = see, how this poor, unknown old man steps forward (hervor´treten) and passes by (an einem vorü´berschreiten) the great, noble and mighty of the land, and is received (S. 2, N. 1) with especial attention by Him (von Ihm, which place after the conj. ‘and’) who (insert da) said.
[19] Say ‘What you (ihr) have done to the least (dem Geringsten) of (unter) these, that have you done to me’.