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Clara Barton, beloved by every one who knew her.Hon. Peter Voorhees DeGraw, U. S. Fourth Postmaster General.
And memory turns to him fondlyWhom we call by the name of Friend!—Carl F. Rosecrans.
And memory turns to him fondlyWhom we call by the name of Friend!—Carl F. Rosecrans.
And memory turns to him fondlyWhom we call by the name of Friend!—Carl F. Rosecrans.
And memory turns to him fondly
Whom we call by the name of Friend!—
Carl F. Rosecrans.
The chiefest of human virtues,—loyalty to friends.
C. S. YounginThe Richmond Terminal.
C. S. YounginThe Richmond Terminal.
C. S. YounginThe Richmond Terminal.
C. S. YounginThe Richmond Terminal.
The better part of one’s life consists of his friendships.
A. Lincoln.
A. Lincoln.
A. Lincoln.
A. Lincoln.
Friendship and loveTake second place to loyalty and honor.Calderon.
Friendship and loveTake second place to loyalty and honor.Calderon.
Friendship and loveTake second place to loyalty and honor.Calderon.
Friendship and love
Take second place to loyalty and honor.Calderon.
Friendship is necessary to life.Bishop Wm. F. McDowell.
Friendship’s the wine of life.Young’sNight Thoughts.
Friendship is a sheltering tree.S. T. Coleridge.
No man is useless while he has a friend.
Robert Louis Stevenson.
Robert Louis Stevenson.
Robert Louis Stevenson.
Robert Louis Stevenson.
Our wisest friends are life’s best book.Calderon.
Poor is he, and beggar, that hath no friends at all.Gracian.
The face of an old friend is like a ray of sunshine through dark and gloomy clouds.A. Lincoln.
The friends thou hast, and their adoption tried,Grapple them to thy soul with hoops of steel.Shakespeare.
The friends thou hast, and their adoption tried,Grapple them to thy soul with hoops of steel.Shakespeare.
The friends thou hast, and their adoption tried,Grapple them to thy soul with hoops of steel.Shakespeare.
The friends thou hast, and their adoption tried,
Grapple them to thy soul with hoops of steel.
Shakespeare.
And can true friendship be tested, if not in the hour of misfortune? The Mayor of St. Petersburg to Clara Barton.
WHEN CARES GROW HEAVY AND PLEASURES LIGHT
It became incumbent upon Clara Barton to write tens of thousands of autographs, and inscriptions in books. As a philosopher, many such inscriptions are interesting and instructive. Characteristic of her is the following inscription which she wrote in a book presented to a personal friend:
My Dear General and Friend:
My Dear General and Friend:
My Dear General and Friend:
My Dear General and Friend:
When life’s track has grown long, and the road bed flinty and hard; when the cares grow heavy and the pleasures light; and the tired soul reaches out for help, may you find those who will be as loyal and faithful to you as you have ever been to me.
Fraternally,Clara Barton.
Fraternally,Clara Barton.
Fraternally,Clara Barton.
Fraternally,
Clara Barton.
You have bound yourself so closely round my heart,Friend of mine,That it seems as if our paths could never part,Friend of mine!Oft the vine forsakes the wallStars have e’en been known to fall,You are not like star nor vine,Friend of mine!
You have bound yourself so closely round my heart,Friend of mine,That it seems as if our paths could never part,Friend of mine!Oft the vine forsakes the wallStars have e’en been known to fall,You are not like star nor vine,Friend of mine!
You have bound yourself so closely round my heart,Friend of mine,That it seems as if our paths could never part,Friend of mine!Oft the vine forsakes the wallStars have e’en been known to fall,You are not like star nor vine,Friend of mine!
You have bound yourself so closely round my heart,
Friend of mine,
That it seems as if our paths could never part,
Friend of mine!
Oft the vine forsakes the wall
Stars have e’en been known to fall,
You are not like star nor vine,
Friend of mine!