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 . imes verged upon themorbid, and an inclination to belittle herselfand her powers, that arose partly out of a con-scientious knowledge of her own shortcomings,and partly from a natural shyness, amounting^almost to self-consciousness. Her love for animals was very strong, and shehad a succession of pets, which she cherished,sick or well. The story of the injured collie-dog, which had been regretfully condemned to behanged by his master, because of a h
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 . imes verged upon themorbid, and an inclination to belittle herselfand her powers, that arose partly out of a con-scientious knowledge of her own shortcomings,and partly from a natural shyness, amounting^almost to self-consciousness. Her love for animals was very strong, and shehad a succession of pets, which she cherished,sick or well. The story of the injured collie-dog, which had been regretfully condemned to behanged by his master, because of a hopelesslybroken paw, and which she tended under theguidance of the vicar, all one long summer day,until the prospect of healing was assured andthe delighted shepherd acknowledged his rightto live, is almost too hackneyed to repeat. Butit is a true story, and is of interest, because it is^intently characteristic of a little girl who,many years later, refused to give up the livesof the five Crimean soldiers who were pro-nounced too far gone to be operated you give me these men to do as I likewith ? she asked of the surgeons as they 11. Plate II. 1i,(, and the Injihed Dog. From an engraving in the possession of Miss White, Assistant Superintendent of the Royal Victoria Hospital, Montreal. 12 turned away. And, the necessary consent ob-tained, she sat all night through beside them,tending their wounds and supporting them withfood and stimulant, with such success, thatwhen morning came, the surgeons, with sur-prised relief, were able to carry out whatwould earlier have been a useless task. Onewonders if the adoring affection in the eyes ofthe gentle collie equalled the gratitude in thehearts of those poor wounded men! Like many of his circle, for he belonged tothat interesting Unitarian group among whomthe Martineaus were so prominent, Mr. Night-ingale held views on the higher education ofwomen that were far in advance of his personally supervised t
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