Note 2 — Section 134. THE GOSPEL OF WORK. I.
Reading edition
[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.