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Joel Martinez
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When The Lowest Tier Holds So Great A Brilliance
On Line 115 of Canto 30 in Dante's Divine Comedy we read: And if the lowest tier alone can hold so great a brilliance, then how vast the...
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Joel Martinez
Jan 15, 20235 min read
Lightness
15 January, 2023 Today marks one week since the students arrived. I am SOOO happy to report that every student on the trip made it to...
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Joel Martinez
Jan 4, 20235 min read
Addio Firenze!...Ciao, Siena!!!!
I left Firenze yesterday and arrived in Siena! I'm excited to share some thoughts about my first visit to Firenze and my initial...
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