In the opening pages of his 1940 novel, For Whom the Bell Tolls, Ernest Hemingway recites the English writer John Donne’s famous poem from centuries past. “Never send to know for whom the bell tolls; ...
The phrase ‘for whom the bell tolls’ has a long history signifying the interconnectedness of humanity and the inevitability of death. The ringing of a bell, traditionally used to announce a death, ...