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Two hundred and fifty years ago, on April 7, 1770, the English poet William Wordsworth was born. We are also close to the anniversary of his death, which occurred 80 years later on April 23, 1850.

The other night, I was watching a news program on TV when an ad came on. I switched the channel to a baseball game; an ad was on. I switched to a football game; an ad was on. Then I switched to ...