So Huxley was being just a bit ironic with his title. :-)
And the folks you complained about, as is too common now-a-days, just went with a phrase that sounded good, with no thought of what associations it might have (and since much of the population won't "catch" that sort of reference...)
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Should have known; it's my favorite of Shakespeare's plays. :P
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"O, wonder!
How many goodly creatures are there here!
How beauteous mankind is! O brave new world
That has such people in't!"
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And the folks you complained about, as is too common now-a-days, just went with a phrase that sounded good, with no thought of what associations it might have (and since much of the population won't "catch" that sort of reference...)