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Excerpt from Florence Nightingale, as Seen in Her Portraits: With a Sketch of Her Life, and an Account of Her Relation to the Origin of the Red Cross Society
It is this new and immensely heroic present ment of her genius, so evident now that the true story of her life is unveiled to us, that I would endeavor to reflect here. In the words of a recent essayist, the Crimean episode, truly seen, is only an incident in her career. Her title to rank among the great figures of history would have been as unchallengeable without that tremendous chapter. For her work was not passing, but permanent; not incidental, but fundamental.
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