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Passing the Torch

When I was in High School, The Bridge of San Luis Rey by Thornton Wilder was required reading. The narrative, set in 1714 Peru, is about the collapse of an Inca rope-fibre suspension bridge that led to the death of five unrelated people.  A friar, who witnessed the tragedy, learns about the victims hoping to […]