\u201cOf all the wonders that I yet have heard,<\/p>\n
It seems to me most strange that men should fear,<\/p>\n
Seeing that death, a necessary end,<\/p>\n
Will come when it will come.\u201d<\/p>\n
William Shakespeare.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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