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

Not all the noblest songs are worth one noble deed.

Alfred Austin.

Clara Barton,—her work and her achievements,—wonders wrought by that noble woman of New England.

Oakland (Cal.) Tribune.

Clara Barton,—no other whose achievements even approximate hers; her allegiance ran the whole race of mankind.

Sacramento (Cal.) Union.

Clara Barton,—measured by any scale you may choose, was the most useful woman of her day and generation.

Bangor (Me.) News.

By our deeds, and by our deeds alone—

God judges us—if righteous God there be,