"Stand on the gleaming Pharos, and aloud / Shout, 'Commerce,' to the kingdoms of the earth"

The Three-ladder system of social class in the US is very thinky for me, and large portions of it ring true. Note that this is social not economic class, which Americans often have trouble untangling. (via)

John McPhee has a long meditation on the importance of omission in art. (via?)

Some real covers for public-domain ebooks. Lolwhut. (via)

---L.

Subject quote from "The Spirit of Discovery by Sea," William Lisle Bowles.