Somehow I missed an important connection. I've known that "For Whom the Bell Tolls" was a 1940 novel written by Hemingway and that "No Man Is an Island" was a song of the 60's and 70's (with rather sappy lyrics, by the way). But how did I miss that these two titles, now common phrases, were originally written by a 16th-17th century English poet and priest? Not … [Read more...] about A missed connection