Smoke and flames rise from Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris on April 15, 2019. (Charles Platiau/Reuters)ColumnistA great book is burning, one of the greatest ever written. It was not merely a sermon in stone; it was a symphony, made up of innumerable voices. This is why Hugo thought the book would destroy the cathedral. But a building is quite another book, a substantial and durable one.” Yet the book has not destroyed the cathedral.

Source: Washington Post April 16, 2019 00:00 UTC