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"heart's core"
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Act 3,
Scene 2
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An explanation of “heart’s core” in Act 3, Scene 2 of myShakespeare’s Hamlet.

Hamlet

Has ta'en with equal thanks. And blest are those
Whose blood and judgment are so well commingled,
That they are not a pipe for Fortune's finger
To sound what stop she please. Give me that man 
That is not passion's slave, and I will wear him
In my heart's core, ay, in my heart of heart,    
As I do thee — something too much of this. 

The core is the center of something. Cor cordis is Latin for “heart’s heart.”