My son, my dear Laertes,
\nAs you travel, keep my instructions close at heart.
\nBe smart, careful and clever in your maneuvers and mannerisms
\nBut not too witty,
\nAs it will cheapen your character.
\nBe charming, as I have taught you, and agreeable always
\nYet not too pleasing
\nThat you are perceived as weak and unsure in yourself.
\nBe righteous, however not elitist \u2013 you are no better than any other man,
\nNevertheless, stay proud and recall your nobility.
\nI would rather you return home with a woman to marry, but
\nDo not appear too desperately that you debase your integrity,
\nChasing after women like a whoremonger.
\nMost importantly, take hold to your faith, be a devout, pious man;
\nBe honest and be true, yet with this conviction and expression of piety,
\nDo not be so consumed by prayers and meditations that
\nYou are remiss and in a state of lethargy,
\nUnconscious to the evils of the world around you.
\nAbove all be watchful and on guard as you travel alone,
\nYet not barbaric and warlike in nature.
\nHave grace and decorum,
\nLet my teachings of courtesy and propriety be with you daily
\nWhile away, just the same, be not too soft-spoken and pensive
\nThat you appear cowardly and wimpy,
\nAs you display yourself with such courtly esteem and decency.
\nBring to mind all these teachings I have told you,
\nBe a strong, God-fearing man \u2013 but not too determined and flat-footed in your belief
\nThat it serves to your hurried demise!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
My son, my dear Laertes, As you travel, keep my instructions close at heart. Be smart, careful and clever in your maneuvers and mannerisms But not too witty, As it will cheapen your character. Be charming, as I have taught you, and agreeable always Yet not too pleasing That you are perceived as weak and…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1778,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[9],"tags":[17,19,20,21,18],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/commons.trincoll.edu\/amst-1980s\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/666"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/commons.trincoll.edu\/amst-1980s\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/commons.trincoll.edu\/amst-1980s\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/commons.trincoll.edu\/amst-1980s\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1778"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/commons.trincoll.edu\/amst-1980s\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=666"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/commons.trincoll.edu\/amst-1980s\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/666\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":667,"href":"http:\/\/commons.trincoll.edu\/amst-1980s\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/666\/revisions\/667"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/commons.trincoll.edu\/amst-1980s\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=666"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/commons.trincoll.edu\/amst-1980s\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=666"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/commons.trincoll.edu\/amst-1980s\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=666"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}