Thursday, March 31, 2011

"The population of Topeka, Kan., today is roughly the same as the population of London in the time of Shakespeare..."

"...and the population of Kansas now is not that much lower than the population of England at that time. London at the time of Shakespeare had not only Shakespeare—whoever he was—but also Christopher Mar­lowe, Francis Bacon, Ben Jonson, and various other men of letters who are still read today. I doubt that Topeka today has quite the same collection of distinguished writers.

Why is this?"

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