Claire Smith and Jordan Ralph, ABC News: Don't despair about Notre Dame — destruction like this can be overcome
The destruction of Notre Dame cathedral is lamentable. A wonderful icon has been largely destroyed by fire. However, we should not despair.
Part of the reason this loss is so upsetting is because we are immersed in a Western way of thinking that equates authenticity with preserving the original materials used to create an object or building.
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Commentaries, Analysis, And Editorials -- April 16, 2019
Notre Dame’s loss is too much to bear -- Douglas Murray, The Spectator
The Notre Dame Fire and the Future of History -- Adam Rogers, Wired
On the Roof of Notre-Dame, Before It Burned -- Lauren Collins, New Yorker
What was lost, what was saved from the Notre Dame fire? -- AP
From France to Mali: Destruction of iconic structures -- DW
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