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A drawing by one of my then students, David FitzGibbon.

[Images.] (Hat tip Tyler Cowan.) Strangely, none of the libraries I have loved are as ornate as those you’ll see if you follow the link above, and at least one of my favourite libraries was truly ugly, architecturally and decoratively speaking. I think a library, regardless of all other factors, becomes beautiful to me when it [...]

“From 1970 to 1990 divorce decreased by almost half for people with college degrees.” – Penelope Trunk (Hat tip: herself.)