. T. DeWitt Talmage : his life and work : biographical edition . d then fascinated with the thoughtof the sufferings she had alleviated. THE LADY OF THE LAMP She had never heard until we told her that she was called by the soldiersin the Crimean hospitals, the lady of the lamp, because of her visits to theirsuffering cots in the night, carrying a lamp. At our own request, she told us ofmuch that she had seen where there were no hospitals at all, and the woundedlay uncovered upon the battlefield. I said to her, You found that there was nopoetry in war, and she responded. Yes, but I found poetry
. T. DeWitt Talmage : his life and work : biographical edition . d then fascinated with the thoughtof the sufferings she had alleviated. THE LADY OF THE LAMP She had never heard until we told her that she was called by the soldiersin the Crimean hospitals, the lady of the lamp, because of her visits to theirsuffering cots in the night, carrying a lamp. At our own request, she told us ofmuch that she had seen where there were no hospitals at all, and the woundedlay uncovered upon the battlefield. I said to her, You found that there was nopoetry in war, and she responded. Yes, but I found poetry in the behavior ofmen under their pains, and in their sympathy for others who were in asked her if it was not an awful pull on ones nerves to stand amid so manyphysical agonies. She said, We had no time to think of ourselves. Therewere the gashes to be bound up, and the broken bones to be set, and the deadto be buried, and we forgot our own fatigues and discomforts. I found themall gentlemen, and not one improper word did I ever hear one of them THE PASSING THE GOLDEN GATE LATER SOJOURNS IN EUROPE 293 In reply to a question she said, I never knew what it was to be reallyhappy until I undertook the work of relief, and have never known an unhappyday since I undertook my mission. As I had some new facts in regard to thefamine in India and the efforts at relief, she made notes of what was said, herpencil and memorandum book close at hand throughout the conversation. Sheis as busy now in alleviation of the wounded in South Africa as she was busyat Sebastopol and Balaklava. Her room is the place where trained nurses gofor instruction and inspiration. She is in constant communication with Lon-don hospitals, although she is not able to leave her house. Her head andheart are full of projects of alleviation. She was never more anxious to live,although now in her eighty-first year, and her one idea of life is opportunityto assuage human anguish. What a pity that s
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