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Its chief enemy is indecision. The world is packed with people who suffer from this fault. So our greatest dramatist took this as his theme for his wonderful play, Hamlet. A little more decision on the part of the Prince of Denmark, and the series of tragedies which close the play would have been averted. But in that case the play would not have carried the lesson Shakespeare wanted it to give--how Hamlet was tortured by his own indecisiveness. Wise Faith wins. The fool of today is the wise man of tomorrow--if he lets his mistakes teach him. Not what he can do, but what he does do, matters. The bird of victory finally perches on the shoulders of the man who dares.

-- Perspectives > Chapter 1: Overview of the Quest > # 26