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All the elements of desolation have traced such lines upon that face as no mortal artist ever drew, and filled it with emotions that no music could incite. Oh, the power of the expression of the face of Clara Barton! Congressman Porter H. Dale.
Welcome ever smiles
And farewell goes out sighing.
Troilus and Cressida.
Her smile which cheered—like the breaking day.
John G. Whittier.
A smile is a thankful hymn. Gerald Massey.
A smile—the effusion of fine intellect, of true courage.
Charlotte Brontë.
A tender smile, our sorrow’s only balm. Young.
Smile and the world smiles with you. Ella Wheeler Wilcox.
A smile that turns the sunny side o’ the heart
On all the world. Elizabeth Barrett Browning.
Duke of Marlborough—his fascinating smile and winning tongue, equally with his word, swayed the destinies of Empires.
William Matthews.
Smiles are the language of love. Hare.
Smiles more sweet than flowers. Shakespeare.
Smiles are better teachers than mightiest words.
George McDonald.
Smiles are smiles only when the heart pulls the wire.
Theodore Winthrop.
Smiles, not allowed to beasts, from reason move. Dryden.
Sweet intercourse of looks and smiles, for smiles from reason flow.
Milton.
There is no society where smiles are not welcomed.
William Matthews.
A beautiful smile is to the female countenance what the sunbeam is to the landscape. Lavater.
Her smiles were like the glowing sunshine. Bullard.
If He has a place and work for me, and I think He has, I believe I am ready. A. Lincoln.
Clara Barton’s energy and humanity, with a “God bless you.”
Boston (Mass.) Journal.
A noble and attractive everyday bearing comes of goodness, of sincerity, of refinement. William Matthews.
I have no higher ambition than to work obscurely, and singly, where I can see the greatest necessity. Clara Barton.