Sentence:  <WSD>John</WSD> is a most excellent name, and Smith is a surname which is worthy of respect and honor, but wo to the man on whom they are conjoined! For <WSD>John</WSD> Smith to aspire to senatorial dignities or to the laurel of a poet is simply ridiculous. Who "is" <WSD>John</WSD> Smith? He is lost in the multitude of <WSD>John</WSD> Smiths, and individual fame is impossible. 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  (from=Hebrew) very popular since the Middle Ages.