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If any number of Americans were asked off-hand to name the woman who stands highest in the esteem of the American people, the reply would be unanimously, “Clara Barton.”
Republic Magazine.
Republic Magazine.
Republic Magazine.
Republic Magazine.
The patience, the nobility of soul, the resignation and bravery of our gallant troops!Clara Barton.
Love chivalry.Armand.
Chivalry is the essence of virtue.Lord John Russell.
Chivalry was the parent of honor.A. Delevan.
The true spirit of chivalry is a generous impatience of wrong.
Chatfield.
Chatfield.
Chatfield.
Chatfield.
Chivalry has not entirely died out in this prosaic age.
Cecilia Findlay.
Cecilia Findlay.
Cecilia Findlay.
Cecilia Findlay.
“People say that I must have been born brave,” said Clara Barton. “Why, I seem to remember nothing but terrors in my early days, I was a shrinking little bundle of fears, fears of thunder, fears of strange faces, fears of my strange self.”
Mary R. Parkman—InHeroines of Service.
Mary R. Parkman—InHeroines of Service.
Mary R. Parkman—InHeroines of Service.
Mary R. Parkman—InHeroines of Service.
Fear loves the idea of danger.S. Croxall.
The moment my fear begins, I cease to fear.Schiller.
The weak most fear, the timid tremble, but the brave and stout of heart will work and hope and trust.Clara Barton.
YOU’RE RIGHT, MADAM—GOOD DAY
Immediately following the Battle of Fredericksburg, every house in the city became a hospital. Among the thousands of wounded Clara Barton, in her usual unobtrusive manner, passed in and out of the houses, first on one side of the street then on the other, on her mission of mercy. Provost Marshal General Patrick seeing her alone among the soldiers mistook her for a resident driven from her home.
The general did not seem to know that any good woman is safe among men, brave and true, and nowhere else more so than among soldiers. He did not fully appreciate that when a woman is true to herself
So dear to heav’n is saintly chastity,That when a soul is found sincerely so,A thousand liveried angels lackey her;
So dear to heav’n is saintly chastity,That when a soul is found sincerely so,A thousand liveried angels lackey her;
So dear to heav’n is saintly chastity,That when a soul is found sincerely so,A thousand liveried angels lackey her;
So dear to heav’n is saintly chastity,
That when a soul is found sincerely so,
A thousand liveried angels lackey her;
and he did not know Clara Barton.
So, with admirable southern chivalry, he dashed to her side, bowing with hat in hand, and said: “Madam, you are alone and in great danger here!”
“No, I think not, Marshal.”
“Yes, you are, Madam. May I offer you my protection?”
“No, Marshal, I think it is not necessary.” Then turning to the ranks of the soldiers she further commented: “No, Marshal, I am the best protected woman in the United States.”
The soldiers appreciating the compliment sent up cheer after cheer, accompanied with “That’s so! that’s so!”
The Marshal, taking in the situation and waving his hand towards Miss Barton with a broad smile, said: “I think you are right, Madam, Good day!”