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The first Iseult dies of a broken heart at the sight of her lover's bier, and the Herald in a speech draws the moral of the tale: Aus dem so lass dich treulich warnen, O Mensch, vor solcher Liebe Garnen, Und spar dein Lieb' bis in die Eh', Dann hab' Ein lieb' und keine meh. Diesselb' Lieb' ist mit Gott und Ehren, Die Welt damit fruchtbar zu mehren.
This was the word DAMIT. It was only the SOUND that helped him, not the meaning; and so, at last, when he learned that the emphasis was not on the first syllable, his only stay and support was gone, and he faded away and died. It merely means, in its general sense, "herewith." I think that a description of any loud, stirring, tumultuous episode must be tamer in German than in English.
There were two or three men in the place when Farnham entered. He waited until they were gone, and then said: "Bolty, have you two dozen repeating rifles?" "Ja wohl! Aber, Herr Gott, was machen Sie denn damit?" "I don't know why I shouldn't tell you. They think there may be a riot in town, and they tell me at the City Hall that everybody must look out for himself.
"Must one give thanks then, if one's friend doesn't turn out a genius?" Krafft shrugged his shoulders. "As you take it. The artist has as much to do with morality, as, let us say, your musical festivals have to do with art. And if his genius isn't strong enough to float him, he goes under, UND DAMIT BASTA! The better for art. There are bunglers enough.
Art is born of the utilities of life; and art is in itself one of life's greatest utilities. "Er muss lernen edler begehren, damit er nicht nötig habe, erhaben zu wollen." SCHILLER, "Ästhetische Erziehung."
This was the word DAMIT. It was only the SOUND that helped him, not the meaning; and so, at last, when he learned that the emphasis was not on the first syllable, his only stay and support was gone, and he faded away and died. It merely means, in its general sense, "herewith." I think that a description of any loud, stirring, tumultuous episode must be tamer in German than in English.
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