That Religion Is Not Devotion, But Work

Nursing Is One Of The Fine Arts: I Had Almost Said, The Finest Of Fine Arts.

The Very Elements Of What Constitutes Good Nursing Are As Little Understood For The Well As For The Sick. The Same Laws Of Health, Or Of Nursing, For They Are In Reality The Same, Obtain Among The Well As Among The Sick.

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.

Statistics Is The Most Important Science In The Whole World: For Upon It Depends The Practical Application Of Every Other Science And Of Every Art: The One Science Essential To All Political And Social Administration, All Education, All Organization Based On Experience, For It Only Gives Results Of Our Experience.

May We Hope That, When We Are All Dead And Gone, Leaders Will Arise Who Have Been Personally Experienced In The Hard, Practical Work, The Difficulties, And The Joys Of Organizing Nursing Reforms, And Who Will Lead Far Beyond Anything We Have Done!