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Letter from the Editor

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While unofficially, and perhaps unintentionally, the subject of legacy has a strong influence in this issue, perhaps part of ’s raison d’être is to emphasise not only the great men and women of history and the impressions they have left on the world, but also how, today, people nurture a legacy and keep it secure

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