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Morning, glory and even grace, America.

That music means the Hillsdale Dialogue is underway.

I'm Hugh Hewitt.

I hope you're watching on the Salem News Channel.

You get to meet Professor Khalil Habib for the fourth week in a row as we continue our

dive into the history play plays of Shakespeare.

Last week we did what ought to have been part one, which became part three.

This is part four, which ought to have been part two, but we'll rearrange him at some point and get them right.

Professor, can you first start by telling us, how do you, if you sit down with John I first

with a group of Hillsdale freshman and sophomore. What is the process?

What do you have them do?

Well, it's, unfortunately, it does assume a lot of English history.

And I had to do a lot of grunt work just to get oriented.

The best way to do it if you're going to be in the classroom format is, and when I taught it,

I taught it virtually alone because it just took a long time to work through.

Just read it.

And then any time you hear a reference to a certain king, like Richard I, or if you hear anything about, for example, who is Eleanor.

There are books and volumes out there where you can get a quick read on who they were historically. Shakespeare tends to be a little bit fast and loose

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