November 27th What Land is This? Sir Thomas More (1478–1535). Utopia. Vol. 36, pp. 191-204 of The Harvard Classics In wondrous Utopia pearls and precious stones were used as playthings for little children. Gold rings and bracelets were only worn by outcasts, while great golden chains shackled criminals and felons. When ambassadors from foreign lands came in fine raiment, the Utopians treated the plainest dressed as the greatest; the others seemed to them like children.
