[True_Moose]

I'm not sure, but if I'm right then

4) Wise men are those who recognize that death has come to claim them. They regret what they haven't done. The passage "their words had forked no lightning" means that they have not necessarily expressed themselves, or have accomplished what they wished to have accomplished during their lives, and are thus unhappy when death claims them.

Good men see their noble actions brought to naught. Though "their frail deeds might have danced in a green bay," the pre-death reconsideration of their life forces them to face the fact that they have really done little of import. They again, feel rage against death because they wished to do more with their lives.

Wild men are those that do not recognize the consequences of their actions; those that do not plan or recognize their future. As such, they live in the present. They cannot accept death because it is unacceptable to lose the present; one cannot have consciousness of death. Hence, they cannot come to terms with death like others can.

Grave men are those who treat life too seriously; those who experience no joy through life. Their eyes are blind to the pleasures and joys of the world. When death comes to them, they realise that their ignorance of these joys has caused them to lose any chance they had of ever having them. Death represents a sort of grave finality to their grave lives.

In conclusion, Thomas is pointing out that, while each person detests death, each approaches it in his or her own way, with a different reason in each.

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In answer to your question, sort of. My goal is to be on the Supreme Court of Canada as a judge. While judges are not necessarily as political here as in the States, our Supreme Court is as political as yours, and almost more important in the process of governing.