How far that little candle throws his beams! So shines a good deed…

Shakespeare, William. "The Merchant of Venice." The Norton Shakespeare, edited by Stephen Greenblatt, et al., 3rd ed., W. W. Norton & Company, 2015, act 5,sc. 1.

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Shakespeare, William. The Merchant of Venice. c. 1598, The Theatre, London, England, UK, act 5, sc. 1.

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