Wilbur Wright

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    If the juggler is tired now, if the broom stands
    In the dust again, if the table starts to drop
    Through the daily dark again, and though the plate
    Lies flat on the table top,
    For him we batter our hands
    Who has won for once over the world’s weight.
    —Richard Wilbur (b. 1921)

    In the world of the celebrity, the hierarchy of publicity has replaced the hierarchy of descent and even of great wealth.
    —C. Wright Mills (1916–1962)