“God bless the new nation the world is glad to welcome. She is still the ‘Gem of the Ocean.’ My soul craves once more to look upon her beautiful face, and its grateful prayer forever goes up to Him who ruleth and guideth all—that He watch over her, keep her pure and true, and safe-guard forever her motto and watchword, ‘Cuba Libre’!”
Note.—If Cuba gets free, she must come to the United States, as she is too small to stand alone against the greed of great nations which will try to gobble her up for her riches, in soil and products. (Prophecy in 1874) Clara Barton.
LXXIII
Upon every line of Clara Barton’s life may be hung a thrilling story of perilous adventure and pathetic moving incidents.
“Clara Barton and Her Work.”
Like everything in Corsica, my education was pitiful.
Napoleon.
Greatness is nothing, if it is not lasting. Napoleon.
Impossible! That word is not in the French dictionary.
Napoleon.