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Sunday, April 3, 2011

Reference to Hamlet in General Conference

Today I was pleasantly surprised to hear Elder Lynn G. Robbins in the 181 Session of General Conference for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints quote Hamlet's famous soliloquy "To be or not to be" and to hear him say that this is actually a very important question and base the rest of his talk on the importance of being and doing good. Shakespeare's best writing is still awesome, applicable, quotable, and well enough known and liked that quoting him is at times the best way to say something.

So, we have an answer to that old question, and the answer is "Be".