Black HawkБлак Хаук
1 passageотрывков: 1
Each date opens its day beside the list, with these passages marked.Каждая дата открывает свой день рядом со списком, где отрывки этого автора отмечены.
2. Мой разум учит меня, что земля не может быть продаваема. Великий дух дал ее своим детям, чтобы им жить на ней, по нужде обрабатывать ее для своего содержания, и пока они занимают и обрабатывают ее, они имеют право на землю.
2. My reason teaches me that land cannot be sold. The Great Spirit gave it to his children to live upon and cultivate as far as necessary for their subsistence, and so long as they occupy and cultivate it they have the right to the soil.
From Autobiography of Ma-ka-tai-me-she-kia-kiak, or Black Hawk · close to the original (more).
Tolstoy’s version, in EnglishMy reason teaches me that land cannot be sold. The Great Spirit gave it to his children to live upon, to cultivate as they need for their sustenance, and so long as they occupy and cultivate it, they have a right to the land.
Black Hawk’s own wordsMy reason teaches me that land cannot be sold. The Great Spirit gave it to his children to live upon and cultivate as far as necessary for their subsistence, and so long as they occupy and cultivate it they have the right to the soil …
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The words shown were found, word for word, in the saved source text. Autobiography of Ma-ka-tai-me-she-kia-kiak, or Black Hawk (1833), On the loss of the Rock River village.
Faithful; Tolstoy stops before 'but if they voluntarily leave it...'. The English of the excerpt is printed here.
Translation note. Tolstoy kept the author’s words closely, so the author’s own English is printed here (ruling 1); Tolstoy’s Russian, translated, is in the source panel.