Section 39. OUR INDUSTRIAL[1] INDEPENDENCE DEPENDS UPON OURSELVES.
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Section 39. OUR INDUSTRIAL[1] INDEPENDENCE DEPENDS UPON OURSELVES.
Truer[2] words were never uttered than those spoken by Mr. Dargan, the Irish railway-contractor, at a public meeting in Dublin.
“I have[3] heard a great deal[4],” he said, “about the independence that we are[5] to get from this or that source, yet[6] I have always been deeply impressed with the conviction, that our industrial independence depends upon ourselves. Simple[7] industry and careful exactness would[8] be the making of Ireland. We have, it[9] is true, made a step in advance, but perseverance is[10] indispensably necessary for eventual success.”—S. Smiles.
Notes in this chapter
Note 1 · industriell.Note 2 · A greater truth than that which Mr. D., the Irish railway-contractor (Eisenbahn-Unternehmer), spoke (aus´sprechen) at (in) a public meeting Note 3 · The words ‘he said’ should follow here; see S. 32, N. 5.Note 4 · a great deal = much.Note 5 · are to get, erlangen sollen; for the construction see App. § 16; from, aus.Note 6 · yet I have always had the firm conviction. Render ‘to have’ here by hegen.Note 7 · schlicht; ‘industry’, here Fleiß, m.; careful, streng; exactness, Pflichterfüllung, f.Note 8 · would establish (begründen) Ireland’s prosperity (Wohlstand, m.).Note 9 · it is true, zwar; see S. 15, N. 3; ‘to make’, here thun; in advance, vorwärts.Note 10 · Here follow the words ‘for (zu, contracted with the def. art.) eventual (eventuell) success’.