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William Shakespeare (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠the author of a body of work which, if forced, the English would keep even over the Indian Empire.

William Shakespeare (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠not only the greatest of intellects, but in his intellect is an unconscious intellect in which there is more virtue than he himself is aware of.

William Shakespeare (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠a tranquil unfathomable sea, a perfectly level mirror; such calmness of depth; all things imaged in him so true and clear.

William Shakespeare (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠no sectarian; to all he deals with equity and mercy; to him it is not strange that the sun should be caused to shine on the evil and the good, and the rain to fall on the just and the unjust.

William Shakespeare (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠the greatest intellect who, in our recorded world, has left record of himself in the way of literature.