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Dates: during 1950-1959
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What ailed Sir Andrew Aguecheek? Shakespeare made it clear that this improbable character in Twelfth Night had emotional problems and intellectual limitations: "I am a fellow o' the strangest mind i' the world." Again: "Many do call me fool." But why? Surely not for the reason that Aguecheek himself offered: "I am a great eater of beef, and I believe that does harm...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medicine: Or, What You Will | 8/15/1955 | See Source »

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