In the great history of the land
A noble type of good
Heroic womanhood.
Nor even shall be wanting here
The palm, the lily and the spear
The symbols that of yore
Saint Filomena bore.
Lessons from the Life of Florence Nightingale
Chapter I.
The presence of thousands of daughters of Florence Nightingale in the regions devastated by the great world war, and the great service to humanity which they have rendered, have turned the thoughts of many to that other battlefield where the great need of the world for trained nurses was first impressed on the hearts of the people—an impression never to be effaced while there are suffering human beings requiring skilled care and service.