No man is an island, entire of itself; every man is a piece of the continent, a part of the main. If a clod be washed away by the sea, Europe is the less, as well as if a promontory were, as well as if a manor of thy friend’s or of thine own were: any man’s death diminishes me, because I am involved in mankind, and therefore never send to know for whom the bells tolls; it tolls for thee.
--from "Meditation XVII" by John Donne
It's always worth revisiting John Donne's Meditations and Julie Marie Wade reminds us with her contribution to Marsh Hawk's "Chapter One" Project. You are invited to read Julie's testimony on Donne's effect over HERE.
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