Luigi taught us all that emotions are the only thing that change our DNA

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Spoken by Cesare

These words, uttered at a small meeting of my fathers old students, were much more poetic when said in Italian. None the less, these words were said, and maybe not fully understood. But they were clear in there purpose.  

Saving Luigi Pellegrin’s work from being demolished was about more than architecture; it was about the lessons Luigi passed on to the people around him, lessons that transended the trade for which he practiced, creating a moral duty in those beings who understood. A duty to preserve the past.