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Clara Barton is Clara Barton. Dr. Samuel Woodward.
Clara Barton went to Russia, in 1892, to carry food to the famine sufferers there;—the most widely known American of today.
Central Christian Advocate.
The total value of contributions from America to Russia in 1892 was estimated at about $800,000. Through all sources, here and in Europe, upwards of 35,000 people were saved from starvation.
Percy H. Epler, Author.
Clara Barton gave to the world a greater influence than Catherine of Russia with her millions of subjects—her name will be remembered when that of Catherine shall have been forgotten.
Parsons (Kan.) Sunday.
The sign of the Red Cross, in crimson red, had come nearer its true significance under Clara Barton’s direction than it ever did before, whether by Constantine, named, or borne by crusader bands in assaults upon the Crescent. Worcester (Mass.) Telegram.
When stricken Armenia called for help in 1896, it was Clara Barton who led the relief corps of salvation and sustenance.
Grand Rapids (Mich.) Herald.
Resolved, That we regard Miss Barton the highest representative and purest embodiment of the Christian humanitarian spirit in America. The Church of Martyrs (Armenian Congregational Church). Worcester, Mass.
They knew, in Turkey, we had taken our lives in our hands to come to them, with no thought of ourselves. Clara Barton.
No American will hereafter in foreign lands feel any less security since the American National Red Cross has been before them in Russia and Armenia. Clara Barton.
When the cry came from Turkey, what man was there in all this land brave enough to lead where Clara Barton went, like an Angel of Mercy? The boundless love of that woman’s heart! God bless Clara Barton! Mrs. Ellen Spencer Mussey.
When the wail of the Armenians and downtrodden of the Oriental World was heard, Clara Barton was among the first to raise the banner of the Red Cross, like the crusader of old and push forward to the scenes of anguish and carnage.
Mrs. Gen. John A. Logan.
The work Clara Barton did in Asia Minor, and which Col. Hinton designated as the Statesmanship of Philanthropy, was similar to the work along this line she did at the Sea Islands flood, in the Carolinas. The Author.
Clara Barton, in Asia Minor, has done a splendid work, sensibly and economically managed. Henry C. Dwight, D.D., American Board of Foreign Missions at Constantinople.
The difficulties of the work in Asia Minor, the perils and discomforts would surely have appalled a less courageous heart than Clara Barton’s. Jos. K. Greene, Resident Missionary in Armenia.
To Turkey and Armenia—a mission so difficult and perilous that all the world wondered, watched, waited, hoped and prayed for her success, and her safe return to her native land. W. H. Sears.
To us who have seen so much and worked so long and so hard, it would seem that the Red Cross movement has some “significance”—some connection with philanthropy. Clara Barton.
The Red Cross flag has no Christian sense that many suppose. It is broader than Christianity itself, because it has neither prejudice nor bounds; Christian, Mohammedan and pagan are the same in the eyes of the Red Cross. Clara Barton.
The principal nations of earth are bound together by the bands of the highest international law that must make war in the future less barbarous than it has been in the past. Clara Barton.
Bakashish is the substitute for our “tip” system. To make any headway in Turkey with a hoard of beggars, two words must be mastered: “Yok”—No; and “Hide-git”—Be off with you.
George H. Pullman, Secretary to Clara Barton in Turkey.
The moral support given in Asia Minor was far beyond any valuation. At such a money valuation then, the aggregate value of the relief distribution is nearly $350,000. Geo. H. Pullman.
Reticent, constant and efficient, Clara Barton has won the confidence of every government under whose flag she has labored—as in the land of the Crescent and Scimitar—and has done honor to her native land. B. H. Warner.
No matter how far from home, how lone and desolate, the soldier knows the Red Cross for his own; the glazing eye can discern it and next to God or “Allah” it is his Saviour, the American Annie Laurie of the wounded soldier. Clara Barton.
There is, we are happy to believe, a warmth and an appreciation of the Red Cross that brings added honor to the country.
Clara Barton.