The Red Cross : in peace and war . ges than English, because it was of work done by otherthan English people. Much of this literature has never been trans-lated or placed within the reach of the English-speaking public. Although the gradual growth of the idea of something likehumanity in war, stimulated by the ignorant and insane horrors ofIndia and the Crimea, and soothed and instructed by the sensible andpractical work of Florence Nightingale, had slowly but surely led up tothe conditions which made such a movement possible, it was not untilthe remarkable campaign of Napoleon III. in Norther
The Red Cross : in peace and war . ges than English, because it was of work done by otherthan English people. Much of this literature has never been trans-lated or placed within the reach of the English-speaking public. Although the gradual growth of the idea of something likehumanity in war, stimulated by the ignorant and insane horrors ofIndia and the Crimea, and soothed and instructed by the sensible andpractical work of Florence Nightingale, had slowly but surely led up tothe conditions which made such a movement possible, it was not untilthe remarkable campaign of Napoleon III. in Northern Italy again so INTRODUCTION. woke the slumbering sympathies of the world tliat auy definite stepsrevealed themselves. In compiling this book I have been compelled to make use ofmuch of the material contained in a previous history written by myselfin 1883, which in turn was based upon the records and the literatureof the International Committee, and the official correspondence con-nected with the treaty. /(PXCCO^CL TSoyPX^Z^ -•.
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