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Originally Posted by chumdawg
I think John Donne wrote it as "never send to know."
In the same work he also wrote:
Every man is a piece of the continent, a part of the main. If a tiny clod be washed away by the sea, Europe is the less. As well as if a promontory were, or as if a manor of thy friends or of thine own were. Every man's death diminishes me, because I am a part of mankind.
I think you misinterpret Donne here.
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If you want to defend Nash just say so chum
(Though I would much prefer we not to get into that again...or at least wait until after Finals)
I'm aware of the original context from Meditation 17, I just wanted to wax poetic a bit after my outburst of crudeness in the Laker/Phoenix thread. And out of context I think it sounds quite nice.