No Man Is an Island
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No Man Is an Island is an expression meaning "Human beings necessarily depend on one another", or as in
"You can't manage this all by yourself."
Tuesday, August 31, 2010
Text #1: Poem
No man is an island,
Entire of itself.
Each 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 manner of thine own
Or of thine friend's were.
Each man's death diminishes me,
For I am involved in mankind.
Therefore, send not to know
For whom the bell tolls,
It tolls for thee.
John Donne
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