... . Brevity in speech and in writing is a quality that was recognized by a supremely talented wordsmith and the preeminent practitioner of English writing, William Shakespeare. In Act II, Scene II of Hamlet, while delivering a report to the king and queen, Polonius delivers the following: "This business is well ended. My liege, and madam, to expostulate What majesty should be, what duty ... he is able to communicate emotion, desire, rejection and cruelty without using a single falsehood or opinion, without ever breaking his perceived objectivity. As Elizabeth Wells says in her brilliant s...

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