Question

explain death touches the spring of our common humanity​

Answer 1

Answer: the sentence ‘Death touches the spring of our common humanity’ means all humanity is afflicted by death. The expression ‘spring of our common humanity’ means all men and women are like flowers blossomed in spring season. And death is the blight that withers these flowers. In simple words the sentence means all human beings in the world, irrespective of their colour, religion, nationality, financial status, etc, have to die one day.   

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