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*A phrase of John Donne's, also used as a title by John (Inside Russia Today) Gunther for the 1949 account of the illness and death of his 17-year-old son from cancer.

Author: /time Magazine | Title: GREAT BRITAIN: Painful Memories | 12/15/1958 | See Source »

English 223, "Religious Backgrounds of Sixteenth Century Literature," will deal with the influence of Christian Humanism and ecclesiastical politics, as expressed between More and Donne. It will be taught by Herschel C. Baker, professor of English, in the Spring.

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Department May Give Seven New English Courses | 4/18/1958 | See Source »

Filibuster leader was San Antonio's Henry Gonzalez, 41, the first Texan of Mexican parentage to be elected to the state senate since 1892. Alternating with Laredo's Abraham Kazen Jr., 38, Freshman Senator Gonzalez (who perfected his speech as a child by practicing with pebbles in his...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: TEXAS: For Whom the Bell Tolls | 5/13/1957 | See Source »

"Any mans death diminishes me, because I am involved in mankinde, and therefore never send to know for whom the bell tolls; it tolls for thee" (John Donne). The bell which tolls for Hungary tolls equally for us who watch in helpless impotence.

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Jan. 21, 1957 | 1/21/1957 | See Source »

The Age of Age. The creed of the gerontologists is not John Donne's imaginative challenge-"Death, thou shalt die" -but "Death, thou shalt wait." Advances in control of infectious diseases, public-health measures, daring surgery and painstaking rehabilitation have combined to lengthen the overall U.S. life expectancy (at...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: THE PROBLEM OF OLD AGE | 7/23/1956 | See Source »

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