Immediately upon reading your column- as though natural, inevitable even- Donne’s unmatchable line returned to me, as though always hovering :”Every man’s death diminishes me.” My apologies for his reference to “man”, but then it was of that age.
When illnesses and adversity visit us all- as visit they assuredly will- we would all do well to draw on what I learn was his attitude when confronting the inevitable with industry, resilience and fortitude.
Thank you, Joshua:
Would that I had met him!
Immediately upon reading your column- as though natural, inevitable even- Donne’s unmatchable line returned to me, as though always hovering :”Every man’s death diminishes me.” My apologies for his reference to “man”, but then it was of that age.
When illnesses and adversity visit us all- as visit they assuredly will- we would all do well to draw on what I learn was his attitude when confronting the inevitable with industry, resilience and fortitude.
In the context, which almost sounds Biblical, it means every person.