Mazzini labored for the freedom of Italy, but was exiled. Byron and Goethe also battled for liberty. Mazzini wrote an essay in which he compared Byron to a soaring eagle and Goethe to a contented stork. (Volume 32, Harvard Classics)
Byron arrived in Greece to fight for Greek freedom, Jan. 5, 1824.
Introductory Note: Egmont by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Egmont (Act I, Scene I), by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Introductory Note: William Harvey
On the Motion of the Heart and Blood in Animals, by William Harvey
Introductory Note: Jean Jacques Rousseau
Profession of Faith of a Savoyard Vicar, by Jean Jacques Rousseau
Introductory Note: Christopher Marlowe
The Tragical History of Doctor Faustus, by Christopher Marlowe
Introductory Note: Walt Whitman
Preface to Leaves of Grass, by Walt Whitman
Introductory Note: Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
The Building of the Ship, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Introductory Note: The Thousand and One Nights
The Thousand and One Nights (The Barber’s Fifth Brother)
Introductory Note: Thomas Moore
Poems, by Thomas Moore
Introductory Note: Gotthold Ephraim Lessing
The Education of The Human Race, by Gotthold Ephraim Lessing
Introductory Note: King Lear by William Shakespeare
The Tragedy of King Lear (Act I, Scene I), by William Shakespeare
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