Tomorrow, and tomorrow and tomorrow
creeps in this petty pace from day to day,
To the last syllable of recorded time,
And all our yesterdays have lighted fools
The way to dusty death. Out, Out, brief candle
Life's but a walking shadow, a poor player
That struts and frets his hour upon the stage
and then is heard no more. It is a tale
Told by an idiot. Full of sound and fury
Signifying nothing.
Is Macbeth right? Is life nothing but a shadow
having no substance, no meaning? Writers and
philosophers since recorded time have tried to
answer the question. I don't think any of them
have been successful in answering the question
to everyone's satisfaction. Some one once said
that "Trying to speak about the ultimate reality
is like sending a kiss through a messenger." I
understand their point: Something of its truth
is lost in ....for
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