Clara Barton had no time to hate; only time to serve, to live, to give,—one of the greatest souls that ever came to earth.
Alice Hubbard.
STILL STAMPING ON ME—PERSONALLY UNHARMED
In a letter under date of November 20, 1905, Clara Barton said: “I thank you for the clipping concerning Miss ——’s lecture. I have received others not at all complimentary to me personally. I am learning some very bad things of myself.
“I wonder whether it ever occurs to her that taking a reputation and appropriating the work of another might be quite honest. I have, however, nothing to say. I have done with it all and so long as I am left personally unharmed I expect nothing more. They have long ago done everything else, and I have lived through it thus far. If they think their work will progress faster, or show better, by still stamping on me I shall not complain. I never have.”
The fairest action of human life
Is scorning to revenge an injury.
XLIX
Clara Barton—Let all flags fly at half-mast, and all the world stand reverently with uncovered head.
Richmond (Va.) Leader.