Harvard Classics, Vol. 26, Part 6
Against stupidity the very gods / Themselves contend in vain.
Friedrich von
Schiller
Schiller
Harvard Classics, Vol. 26, Part 6
Wilhelm Tell
Friedrich von Schiller
Based on the legendary Swiss hero who resisted Austrian domination and was consequently forced to shoot an apple placed on the head of his son. Rossini based his famous opera on this play.
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TRANSLATED BY SIR THEODORE MARTIN
NEW YORK: P.F. COLLIER & SON COMPANY, 1909–14
NEW YORK: BARTLEBY.COM, 2001