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

There was an Overruling Providence when the “State of Texas” was loaded for Cuba. Clara Barton.

I have with me a cargo of 1400 tons, under the flag of the Red Cross, the one international emblem of humanity known to civilization. Clara Barton.

A man said to me “The Red Cross has been a fairy godmother to us.” Clara Barton.

Wherever men fight and tear each other to pieces, wherever the glare and sound of war are heard, there the Red Cross aims to plant the white banner that bears the blessed sign of relief.

Clara Barton.

The Red Cross has come to quicken into fresh new growth the best things in life. Clara Barton.

Our Red Cross century tree blossomed in the smoke, and valor, and wails of the Spanish-American War. Clara Barton.

The highest and best in the land stood under the cooling shade of the Red Cross, and breathed its atmosphere of peace, love and help. Clara Barton.

The Red Cross recognizes no features other than the relief of the victims and the mitigation of the horrors of war. Clara Barton.

The Red Cross is founded in the soundest and noblest principles, in the deep needs of human nature and in the enduring instincts of mankind. Clara Barton.