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Interesting! My interpretation was: Act in a way consistent with your values. But like you, I'd like to hear what others have to say. My main influence here was an 8th grade English teacher. And like a lot other 8th graders, I may have heard what I thought was a "definitive" interpretation without realizing how many other views of such a passage there could be.

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Janice Harayda
Janice Harayda

Written by Janice Harayda

Critic, novelist, award-winning journalist. Former book editor of the Plain Dealer and book columnist for Glamour. Words in NYT, WSJ, and other major media.

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