Reminiscences

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Williams and Norgate, 1925 - 239 стор.
 

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Сторінка 139 - For heathen heart that puts her trust In reeking tube and iron shard. All valiant dust that builds on dust, And guarding calls not Thee to guard; For frantic boast and foolish word, Thy mercy on Thy people, Lord.
Сторінка 9 - Intreat me not to leave thee, or to return from following after thee : for whither thou goest, I will go; and where thou lodgest, I will lodge: thy people shall be my people, and thy God my God: where thou diest, will I die, and there will I be buried : the Lord do so to me, and more also, if ought but death part thee and me.
Сторінка 25 - Leave to the nightingale her shady wood ; A privacy of glorious light is thine; Whence thou dost pour upon the world a flood Of harmony, with instinct more divine; Type of the wise who soar, but never roam; True to the kindred points of Heaven and Home...
Сторінка 108 - The days of our age are threescore years and ten; and though men be so strong that they come to fourscore years : | yet is their strength then but labour and sorrow; so soon passeth it away, and we are gone.
Сторінка 87 - The true principles of the brotherhood of man are the fundamental principles of the order — ,Do unto others as you would they should do unto you,
Сторінка 102 - Another object I have in view is to convince the world that constant attention to professional duties is by no means incompatible with the natural and paramount duties of a wife to her husband, a mother to her children, and those of one member to the other members of a family circle.
Сторінка 25 - At the time I first visited her she was a chronic invalid. She was never seen except on her bed, but she was always fully dressed in a black silk gown and dainty cap, and she sat upright, not deigning to rest on the pillows. Miss Nightingale was deeply interested in the circumstances of women in Eastern lands, especially in Hindu and Mahommedan women.
Сторінка 53 - ... the head beadle in grand scarlet attire, leading the way for the great procession following. Meanwhile Mr. Cooper the organist would have struck up a grand march on the organ, which had a fine tuba stop. I greatly delighted to hear this brought out, it pealed so splendidly through the great Hall. The Prince and Princess of Wales (afterwards King Edward VII and Queen Alexandra), visited the Hospital while I was there. What an honour to give and receive a bow from them! But wonderful things do...
Сторінка 125 - He had indeed stated that it was a prosecution for high treason, but he had only denned what was the quality of the treason which he meant to impute. " Unfortunately, there was mixed up with this transaction a great deal for which the prisoner might hereafter be answerable, and which was calculated to make a deep impression on the minds of the Jury ; but whatever was their opinion upon the moral guilt of the prisoner, if, upon a review of the evidence, they should not be of opinion that he had committed...
Сторінка 63 - I did not think that it would be right for me to take advantage of the doctor's position of confidential adviser and friend to do any definite missionary work.

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