自分のこと / 読むべき本 / 決して時計を見るな / 教ふ / 画

Hello,


1. 自分のことは、自分ですべきだ。

What does this mean? I have a vague guess that it might be something like "You should look after your own affairs", but I'm really not sure.


2. これは、学生時代に読むべき本の一冊ではないだろうか。

My translation "This is a book that one should read in one's student days, right?" (semi-rhetorical question, expressing the author's view, and expecting an affirmative response)

Is this OK, especially the interpretation of ではないだろうか?


3. 決して時計を見るな、これは若い人に覚えてもらいたい。

Does this mean "I want young people never to forget this (rule): Never look at a clock."?


4. This is part of a picture caption:

「福沢先生若き日本に西洋文明を教ふ」

Does this essentially mean "Prof. Fukuzawa teaches Japan about Western culture"?

However, I am unsure what 若き refers to. 福沢先生? (he doesn't look particularly youthful in the picture). 日本?

Also, what is 教ふ? Is it an old form of something?


5. This is part of a picture caption:

北沢楽天・画

I suppose this means "drawn/painted by 北沢楽天"?

1)
You should take care of yourself by yourself.

2) 3)
Yes.

4)
That's 若き日本; Japan, in a short time after the Meiji Restoration(= being reborn). And yes, 教ふ is the classical form of 教える.

5)
Yes.

Thanks Toritoribe.