Ibeseechyou,frommeyourselfcounseltolet,executethesementionedreforms。Thenwillyouanelegantlanguagepossess,andafterward,whenyousomethingsaywill,willyouatleastyourselfunderstandwhatyousaidhad。Butoftennowadays,whenyouamile—longsentencefromyougivenandyouyourselfsomewhathaverested,thenmustyouhaveatouchinginquisitivenesshaveyourselftodeterminewhatyouactuallyspokenhave。Beforeseveraldayshasthecorrespondentofalocalpaperasentenceconstructedwhichhundredandtwelvewordscontain,andthereinweresevenparenthesessmuggledin,andthesubjectseventimeschanged。Thinkyouonly,mygentlemen,inthecourseofthevoyageofasinglesentencemustthepoor,persecuted,fatiguedsubjectseventimeschangeposition!
Now,whenwethementionedreformsexecute,willitnolongersobadbe。Dochnocheins。Imightgladlytheseparableverbalsoalittlebitreform。ImightnonedoletwhatSchillerdid:hehasthewholehistoryoftheThirtyYears\'Warbetweenthetwomembersofaseparableverbin—pushed。ThathasevenGermanyitselfaroused,andonehasSchillerthepermissionrefusedtheHistoryoftheHundredYears\'Wartocompose—Godbeitthanked!Afterallthesereformsestablishedbewill,willtheGermanlanguagethenoblestandtheprettiestontheworldbe。
Sincetoyounow,mygentlemen,thecharacterofmymissionknownis,beseechIyousofriendlytobeandtomeyourvaluablehelpgrant。Mr。PotzlhasthepublicbelievedmakewouldthatItoViennacomeaminorderthebridgestoclogupandthetraffictohinder,whileIobservationsgatherandnote。Allowyouyourselvesbutnotfromhimdeceived。Myfrequentpresenceonthebridgeshasanentirelyinnocentground。Yondergivesitthenecessaryspace,yondercanoneanoblelongGermansentenceelaborate,thebridge—railingalong,andhiswholecontentswithoneglanceoverlook。OntheoneendoftherailingpastedIthefirstmemberofaseparableverbandthefinalmembercleaveItotheotherend—thenspreadthebodyofthesentencebetweenitout!Usuallyareformypurposesthebridgesofthecitylongenough;whenIbutPotzl\'swritingsstudywillIrideoutandusethegloriousendlessimperialbridge。Butthisisacalumny;PotzlwritestheprettiestGerman。Perhapsnotsopliableasthemine,butinmanydetailsmuchbetter。Excuseyoutheseflatteries。Thesearewelldeserved。
NowImyspeechexecute—no,IwouldsayIbringhertotheclose。I
amaforeigner—buthere,underyou,haveIitentirelyforgotten。AndsoagainandyetagainprofferIyoumyheartiestthanks。