Delta ( our note) "is not an island, remote and isolated" Every piece of land, every water pond and living being ( our note ) "make part of the Continent, of the Whole in its entirety". If the sea, or the people ( our note) "grabs a piece of land, Europe is diminished, as diminished would be any piece of land, my land, or the land of your friends." The loss of any piece of land and of any living being ( our note) "hurt me because I am part of the Mankind. Therefore, you should never ask for whom the bell tolls, it tolls for You!"

Adapted after a quotation from John Donne