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X[V. XLI, XL|I° THE ANALECTS.
says: _ _ _.__-_j'_:'__
4-_o He himself thought the times impracticable and
did nothing, and thus ridiculed Confi, little knowing that
the Sage did not admit that any time was impracticable.
L. Whom do you come from? It is he--is it not who
knows the impracticable nature of the times, and yet will
be doing in them. Z. is scilicet, qui scit aliquid impos-
sible, et tamen id!psum agit ? K. who knows the imprac.
of th_ times and is yet trying to do something? Couv.
un homme qui s'applique _ faire une chose qu'il sait &re
impossible.
CHAPTER XLII.--CONCERN FOR THE WORLD
v STOICAL INDIFFERENCE.--I. ]__ _ Tapping a
stone chime. C. _ same as _; :_, __ -_ A straw
basket. The basketbearer was also a _, -_" recluse. The
heart of the Sage never forgot the world (and its woes,)
and that the man recognised this from his manner of playing
shews that he was no common person _J_ '_ _, L.
His heart is full who so beats the musical stone. Z.
quanto cure affectu pulsat calcophonum ! K. He has his
heart full etc. Couv. qu'il aime beaucoup les hommes.
2. l_ JfiJ Afterwards, finally. :]g¢ _'_ Cf, XIII. 20.
_]_ _ _ etc. When nobody takes note of a man let him
thereupon cease and have done with it The first 0, is the
verb, the second is an expression of finality. _]_..... _ is
aquotation from the [g_j:_ I. iii. 9. C. _ _ _
Jig _ ,_ ,"_,, Ch'ing ch'ing is the sound given" out .
by the stones and also has the meaning of limitation and
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