Monday, July 12, 2021
Are We Defenseless?
Friedrich Schiller, William Tell, lines 644-646 (from Act I, Scene 4; my translation):
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Are we then defenseless? To what purpose did we learn
The crossbow to draw and the heavy weight
Of the battle axe to swing?
Sind wir denn wehrlos? Wozu lernten wir
Die Armbrust spannen und die schwere Wucht
Der Streitaxt schwingen?
