Christopher Hitchens has succumbed to cancer. Few writers of our age could turn a phrase like Hitch—a man who, frankly, would have sneered at the encomiums occasioned by his death. A contrarian by nature and an atheist by design, he would’ve really hated his passing being marked by Arvo Pärt’s “Da Pacem Domine” (Grant peace, Lord). But the sentiment stands.
[audio:https://helveticka.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/01-Da-pacem-Domine.mp3|titles=01 Da pacem Domine]