Clara Barton: A Centenary Tribute to the World's Greatest Humanitarian: Founder of the American Red Cross Society, Author of the American Amendment to the International Red Cross Convention of Geneva, Founder of the National First Aid Association of AmericaYoung, Charles Sumner
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Clara Barton: A Centenary Tribute to the World's Greatest Humanitarian: Founder of the American Red Cross Society, Author of the American Amendment to the International Red Cross Convention of Geneva, Founder of the National First Aid Association of America
Young, Charles Sumner
Barton, Clara, 1821-1912
Falling from the horse, she injured her knee. Determined to keep the
injury a secret she joined her brothers in the field as though nothing
had happened. But she limped, and her brothers noticed it. She merely
told her brothers she had injured her knee, but would say no more. They
sent for a doctor. By plying many questions as to how it happened, the
doctor drew from her a confession. In later life—in the Civil War, in
the Franco-Prussian War, in the Spanish American War, her skill as a
horseback rider was of great service to her. On several occasions she
had to “ride for her life.” In speaking of this accomplishment, she used
to say “When I was a little girl I could ride like a Mexican.”
IV
Clara Barton—the pitying sweetness which fills her eyes and the
sympathetic lines which have been drawn about her mouth bear witness
to a long intimacy with suffering and death.
Central (Mo.) _Christian Advocate_. (1912)
Physiognomy is the language of the face. JEREMY COLLIER.
Physiognomy is reading the handwriting of nature upon the human
countenance. CHATFIELD.
Palmistry is a science as old as the history of the human race. The
mind deceives; the hand tells the truth; the thumb in particular, the
tell-tale of character.
DOLORES CORTEZ, _Queen of the Spanish Gypsies_.
Show me an outspread hand and I’ll show you whether or not its master
is honest, is kind, is affectionate.
ARTHUR DELROY, _Author_.
* * * * *
Human nature, as unfolded by phrenology, is being universally accepted
by all classes of people. CRANIUM.
Phrenology can be used in every phase of life. C. S. HARDISON.
Phrenology is very fruitful in its capacity to paint mental images.
MISS JESSIE ALLEN FOWLER.
Phrenology,—a science that has been of great help to us in the
progress of life. DOCTOR CHARLES H. SHEPARD.
The shape of the brain may generally be ascertained by the form of the
skull. O. S. AND L. N. FOWLER.
Phrenology professes to point out a connection between certain
_manifestations of the mental and peculiar conditions and developments
of the brain_. O. S. AND L. N. FOWLER.
Of all the people in England, I was most glad to meet Doctor L. N.
Fowler, the same gentle, kind man he used to be so many years ago, and
who has done so much for the middle classes of England, giving them
helpful advice they could not get from other sources. CLARA BARTON.
Remembering that fully one-fifth of my life (1856) has been passed as
a teacher in schools, it is not strange that I should feel some
interest in the cause of education. CLARA BARTON.
’Tis education forms the common mind; just as the twig is bent the
tree is inclined. ALEXANDER POPE.
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