Plymouth

Justin E. H. Smith "We are so presumptuous as to
wish to be known by all the world and even by those who will arrive
when we are no more. And we are so vain that the esteem of five or six
people who surround us amuses us and renders us content." --Blaise Pascal (tr. Jason Boone, the epigram to his 2002 poem, "Ho There, Raise Up the Tommy Lift!")*

Justin E. H. Smith "We are so presumptuous as to
wish to be known by all the world and even by those who will arrive
when we are no more. And we are so vain that the esteem of five or six
people who surround us amuses us and renders us content." --Blaise Pascal (tr. Jason Boone, the epigram to his 2002 poem, "Ho There, Raise Up the Tommy Lift!")*

Justin E. H. Smith "We are so presumptuous as to
wish to be known by all the world and even by those who will arrive
when we are no more. And we are so vain that the esteem of five or six
people who surround us amuses us and renders us content." --Blaise Pascal (tr. Jason Boone, the epigram to his 2002 poem, "Ho There, Raise Up the Tommy Lift!")*

Justin E. H. Smith "We are so presumptuous as to
wish to be known by all the world and even by those who will arrive
when we are no more. And we are so vain that the esteem of five or six
people who surround us amuses us and renders us content." --Blaise Pascal (tr. Jason Boone, the epigram to his 2002 poem, "Ho There, Raise Up the Tommy Lift!")*

Driving LessonRenayI learned to drive on this road flattened betweencornfield and pasture. my stick legs folded onto daddy's lapthe sun white off the Plymouth hood, ribboneddown a windshield crack. careful. so careful, I

Ben Zimmer at Visual Thesaurus:

For centuries, letter writers have wondered whether their missives safely reach the hands of their intended recipients. "I know not whether this will ever come to your hands or miscarry," opened a typical one in 1625, from Roger White in the Netherlands, who was writing to friends at Plymouth colony.

Today, of course, we send e-mail messages that travel great distances in seconds, rather than weeks. Occasionally, however, we do not hear back and wonder whether our message was ever received. Wouldn't we be grateful if we could know with certainty?