"An all pervading spirit of corruption, selfishness and materialism seems to have invaded the country."
On April 23, 1616 a great genius of the literary arts breathed his last at the age of 52. It is now close to four centuries since the death of the great wordsmith and playwright William Shakespeare yet his work continues to bear testimony to the immortality of the spoken and written word. Very few of us, if any, will be remembered a century from today.
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