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

Sir Walter Scott.

Beware of little expenses; a small leak will sink a ship.

Benjamin Franklin.

The prospect of penury in age is so gloomy and terrifying that every man who looks before him must resolve to avoid it.

Dr. S. Johnson.

I was brought up New England, and I have the New England thrift. Clara Barton.

My expenses have been so heavy and my receipts so “nothing” that I cannot take on more “help.” Clara Barton.

There must be no more big hotel bills; the money must be saved for the sufferers. Clara Barton.

Clara Barton has often been known by those near her to rob herself of all her personal income—to carry on the work of an abiding and all-absorbing charity. Dr. J. Gardner.

At first I used to be shocked over her penuriousness but when I discovered the motive, that it was to save for others in need, no words could describe my conscience-stricken feeling and my admiration of that self-sacrificing woman.