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- phrase All people are connected to other people and dependent on other people.
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From the 1623 quotation below.
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sarra commented on the word no man is an island
Except:
- Francis Egerton, 1st Earl of Ellesmere
- Sir Joseph Banks
- Abel Tasman
- Alexander I of Russia
- Lloyd Viel Berkner
- Axel Heiberg
- Robert Dundas, 2nd Viscount Melville
- Albert Edward, Prince of Wales (I'm assuming here, as it was 'discovered' by Europeans in 1851)
- George Vancouver
- Henry Bathurst, 3rd Earl Bathurst
- Prince Arthur William Patrick, Duke of Connaught
- W. Harris Thurston
- King William IV
- Ellef Ringnes
- Robert Bylot
- Hawaiʻiloa, perhaps]
- Charles, Prince of Wales
- Admiral Robert B. Carney
- Franklin D. Roosevelt
- Baron Ferdinand von Wrangel
- Sir William Cornwallis
- Yves-Joseph de Kerguelen de Trémarec
- Anthony Cary, 5th Viscount Falkland
- Paul A. Siple
- Robert Dundas, 2nd Viscount Melville
- Prince Edward, Duke of Kent and Strathearn
- William Coats
- Admiral Vasili Chichagov
- Amund Ringnes
- Ivan Lyakhov
- Lawrence of Rome
- Germán Riesco
- William Lyon Mackenzie King
Goodness, I must come back and finish this later. There are ever such a lot of them.
And perhaps even Amerigo Vespucci.
I may have missed a few.
January 8, 2010
Prolagus commented on the word no man is an island
Sarra, this is not a comment.
It's a list.
A great list!
January 9, 2010
yarb commented on the word no man is an island
No man is an island - except Man.
January 9, 2010
dontcry commented on the word no man is an island
Good one, yarbo.
Man is an island.
January 9, 2010
reesetee commented on the word no man is an island
I agree, sarra--make this a list. Great idea!
January 9, 2010
mollusque commented on the word no man is an island
See syllogistic.
January 9, 2010
sarra commented on the word no man is an island
How did I forget Man?!
January 11, 2010