Wednesday, September 08, 2021
Are You So Smart?
Friedrich Schiller, William Tell, lines 892-895 (Attinghausen to his nephew Rudenz; from Act II, Scene 1; my translation):
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Are you so wise?
Do you think you see more clearly than your noble ancestors,
who fought for the costly jewel of freedom
with treasure and blood and heroic strength?
Bist du so weise?
Willst heller sehn als deine edeln Väter,
Die um der Freiheit kostbarn Edelstein
Mit Gut und Blut und Heldenkraft gestritten?
