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Clara Barton taught the rich to be unselfish and the strong to be gentle. Charles E. Townsend, U. S. Senate.

Her voice was soft,

Gentle and low; an excellent thing in woman.

Shakespeare.

Miss Barton was a soft-voiced, retiring little woman, yet she had a way of approaching her work in a most telling manner.

Buffalo (N. Y.) Express.

Miss Barton followed her own light with steadfast steps.

Springfield (Mass.) Republican.

Clara Barton—a model of the beautiful simplicity of a life given to others. Bridgeport (Conn.) Standard.