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 manor 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, 1572-1631)

The speakers and the Regent under the Bell after the seminar