"GIVE ME THE STORM AND TEMPEST OF THOUGHT AND ACTION, RATHER THAN THE DEAD CALM OF IGNORANCE AND FAITH. BANISH ME FROM EDEN WHEN YOU WILL; BUT FIRST LET ME EAT OF THE FRUIT OF THE TREE OF KNOWLEDGE." I. The Greatest Genius of our World--Not of Supernatural Origin or of Royal Blood--Illiteracy of his Parents--Education--His Father--His Mother a Great Woman--Stratford Unconscious of the Immortal Child--Social Position of Shakespeare--Of his Personal Peculiarities--Birth, Marriage, and Death--What we Know of Him--No Line written by him to be Found--The Absurd Epitaph--II. Contemporaries by whom he was Mentioned--III. No direct Mention of any of his Contemporaries in the Plays--Events and Perso…
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