I like the statement you have coined here, 'To believe ...'. - When the bard wrote that, the answer was obvious, except in the mind of Hamlet, a disturbed and conflicted man, encircled by deception and ill intent of antagonists in the drama of life. The logical answer clear to Shakespeare's audience however - the answer was 'to be'. The question itself, more rhetorical than actual.

Politicians give the art of rhetoric a bad reputation, causing people to look upon it in speeches and essays as a tool of deception. You and Shakespeare, have something more noble as an objective, I believe.

You are clearly GUIDED my good steemian brother. March on!