...and likelihood to lead it: as thus: Alexander dies, Alexander was buried, Alexander returneth into dust; the dust is earth; of earth we make loam; and...was converted, might they not stop a beer-barrel? Imperial Caesar, dead and turn'd to clay, Might stop a hole to keep the world in away: O, that that...

...by thoughts of love. His musings then turn from Yorick to Alexander the Great and finally to Caesar: Imperious Caesar, dead and turn'd to clay, Might stop a hole to keep the wind away. O that that earth which kept the world in awe Should patch a wall t'expel the winter's flaw. (Vi 206-9) Hamlet...

...HAMLET: No, faith, not a jot, but to follow him thither with modesty enough, and likelihood to lead it: Alexander died, Alexander was buried, Alexander returneth...not stop a beer-barrel? Imperious Caesar, dead and turned to clay, Might stop a hole to keep the wind away. A bunghole is the hole through which a cask...

...and likelihood to lead it: as thus; Alexander died, Alexander was buried, Alexander returneth into dust; the dust is earth; of earth we make loam; and...was converted, might they not stop a beer-barrel? William Shakespeare, Hamlet, Act V, Scene I The ultimate question in the quest for Alexander's tomb...

...and likelihood to lead it, as thus: Alexander died. Alexander was buried. Alexander returneth into dust, the dust is earth, of earth we make loam, and...loam whereto he was converted might they not stop a beer-barrel?ir In this second view, the closed circle of life is not even complete, nor is humanity...