Hamlet himself says that his previous interests were "saws of books, all forms, all pressures" (1.5.100). ... Hamlet lashes out at his mother, citing his black clothes, tears, downcast spirits and face as indicators of his overwhelming feelings of grief, saying, "Together with all forms, moods, shapes of grief, That can denote me truly" (1.2.85-86). ...

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Self-Exposure: Horace and Socrates When reading books for academic purposes, students are always searching for an underlying meaning, something deeper than the author's main point, or something that can be found in a summary. ... You should impregnate their minds with ideas and knowledge; "by far the greatest and most beautiful part of wisdom deals with the proper ordering of cites and households, and that is called moderation and justice (Plato 209A)." ...

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