I have read that in some colleges it is possible to major in English without reading anything by Shakespeare. "Shakespeare is too hard," the line goes, "and by the way, isn’t he one of those dead white males you used ... .
Years ago, when I was a rookie docent, a visitor asked me how the chandeliers of Willard Chapel were cleaned. “Very carefully,” I said, attempting a joke. I had no idea how these lofty jewel-like fixtures could be approached. Perhaps... .