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