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Clara Barton taught the rich to be unselfish and the strong to be gentle. Charles E. Townsend, U. S. Senate.
Her voice was soft,
Gentle and low; an excellent thing in woman.
Shakespeare.
Miss Barton was a soft-voiced, retiring little woman, yet she had a way of approaching her work in a most telling manner.
Buffalo (N. Y.) Express.
Miss Barton followed her own light with steadfast steps.
Springfield (Mass.) Republican.
Clara Barton—a model of the beautiful simplicity of a life given to others. Bridgeport (Conn.) Standard.
The severest test of discipline is its absence. Clara Barton.
Social, friendly and human, Clara Barton joined with the children in the playgrounds;—instead of being locked out as the previous teachers had been she “locked” herself “in” the hearts of every boy and girl. The Life of Clara Barton, by Epler.
Show me a child well disciplined, perfectly governed at home, and I will show you a child that never breaks a rule at school.
Clara Barton.
Whenever corporal punishment is inflicted on a pupil it is a sign of negligence and indolence on the part of the teacher, says Seneca.
Ancient School Systems.
In refinement of taste and beauty of action, or purity of thought and delicacy of expression, nature’s own best teacher is woman.
The Modern School System.