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John Donne
Meditation XVII: (excerpt)
No man is an island...
"All mankind is of one author, and is one volume; when one man dies, one chapter is not torn out of the book, but translated into a better language; and every chapter must be so translated . . .
"As therefore the bell that rings to a sermon, calls not upon the preacher only, but upon the congregation to come: so this bell calls us all: but how much more me, who am brought so near the door by this sickness . . . .
"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 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 bell tolls; it tolls for thee."
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Incline Your ear, O Lord, unto our prayers.
We humbly beseech that Your grant Your mercy
unto the souls of Your servants whom
You have commanded to depart out of this world,
and give them a place in the region of light and peace,
and make them the associates of Your saints.
We ask this through our Lord Jesus Christ, Your Son,
in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
One God forever, world without end.
Amen.
Eternal rest give unto them, 0 Lord;
and let perpetual light shine upon them.
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