Clara Barton: A Centenary Tribute to the World's Greatest Humanitarian / Founder of the American Red Cross Society, Author of the American Amendment to the International Red Cross Convention of Geneva, Founder of the National First Aid Association of America

by Charles Sumner Young

Stanislaus.

Nor Fame I slight, nor for her favors call;

She comes unlooked for, if she comes at all.

Alexander Pope—In The Temple of Fame.

So long as we love, we serve. Robert Louis Stevenson.

Happiness can be attained only by considering the good of others as our own. Tolstoi.

Love gives itself to others, and inclines to extremest sacrifice.

Tolstoi.

To give up seeking one’s own happiness, as animals, is the true law of the life of humanity. Tolstoi.

When we help someone else, we add to our own resources and power. Dr. Eugene Underhill.