Never Give Nor Take An Excuse.

I Use The Word Nursing For Want Of A Better. It Has Been Limited To Signify Little More Than The Administration Of Medicines And The Application Of Poultices. It Ought To Signify The Proper Use Of Fresh Air, Light, Warmth, Cleanliness, Quiet, And The Proper Selection And Administration Of Diet-all At The Least Expense Of Vital Power To The Patient.

The Family Uses People, Not For What They Are, Nor For What They Are Intended To Be, But For What It Wants Them For- Its Own Uses. It Thinks Of Them Not As What God Has Made Them, But As The Something Which It Has Arranged That They Shall Be.

At Present We Live To Impede Each Other's Satisfactions; Competition, Domestic Life, Society, What Is It All But This?

No Man, Not Even A Doctor, Ever Gives Any Other Definition Of What A Nurse Should Be Than This-'devoted And Obedient.' This Definition Would Do Just As Well For A Porter. It Might Even Do For A Horse. It Would Not Do For A Policeman.

I Am Of Certain Convinced That The Greatest Heroes Are Those Who Do Their Duty In The Daily Grind Of Domestic Affairs Whilst The World Whirls As A Maddening Dreidel.