The life of Florence Nightingale . ch, German, andItalian as fluently as her native English. She hasvisited and studied all the various nations of Europe,and has ascended the Nile to its remotest (about the age of our Queen), graceful,feminine, rich, popular, she holds a singularly gentleand persuasive influence over all with whom shecomes in contact. Her friends and acquaintancesare of all classes and persuasions, but her happiestplace is at home, in the centre of a very large bandof accomplished relatives, and in simplest obedienceto her admiring parents. The last clause would
The life of Florence Nightingale . ch, German, andItalian as fluently as her native English. She hasvisited and studied all the various nations of Europe,and has ascended the Nile to its remotest (about the age of our Queen), graceful,feminine, rich, popular, she holds a singularly gentleand persuasive influence over all with whom shecomes in contact. Her friends and acquaintancesare of all classes and persuasions, but her happiestplace is at home, in the centre of a very large bandof accomplished relatives, and in simplest obedienceto her admiring parents. The last clause would satisfy apprehensive peoplethat a young lady of such unusual attainments wasnot a revolting daughter. Another and more intimate description of Miss DEPARTURE FOR SCUTARI 113 Nightingale at this period reveals to us the trueand tender womanhood which learning had leftuntouched. Miss Nightingale is one of thosewhom God forms for great ends. You cannot hearher say a few sentences—no, not even look at her, III, ~: I Ml ? , . (V\!. ^\ ^i ^ll MR. PUNCHS CARTOON OF THE LADY-EIRDS. without feeling that she is an extraordinary , intellectual, sweet, full of love and bene-volence, she is a fascinating and perfect is tall and pale. Her face is exceedingly lovely ;but better than all is the souls glory that shinesthrough every feature so exultingly. Nothing can 8 114 LIFE OF FLORENCE NIGHTINGALE be sweeter than her smile. It is like a sunny dayin summer.* The euphonious name of the lady nurse whohad thus suddenly risen into fame was quicklycaught by the populace, and the nurses selected toaccompany her were dubbed the nightingales,*and there was much pleasantry about their Vunch slyly surmised that some of the dearnightingales going to nurse the sick soldierswould in due time become ringdoves. Acartoon showed a hospital ward with the maleinmates beaming with content as the lady-birdshovered about them. Another illustration depicteda bird, with the head
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