Lord Stratford—Will the guests kindly write on a slip of paper the name of the one, including the famous generals, who served in the Crimean War they think will be the longest remembered?
Guests—Florence Nightingale (written on every slip).
The Author.
Clara Barton is to America what Florence Nightingale is to us.
London Times.
No general that led hosts to victory on the battlefield is nearly so secure of lasting fame as is the name of Clara Barton.
Dayton (Ohio) Journal.
Miss Nightingale found herself misunderstood and lost her Governmental position—suffering much from Governmental heartlessness and neglect. England, in later Governmental acts, was more appreciative of her war heroine.... Percy H. Epler.
English women are solid and sensible, learned and self-possessed, and all the world respects them. Clara Barton.
Surely woman should bring the best she has, whatever that is, to the work of God’s world. Florence Nightingale.