The true foundation of theology is to ascertain the character of God. It is by the aid of Statistics that law in the social sphere can be ascertained and codified, and certain aspects of the character of God thereby revealed. The study of statistics is thus a religious service.

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The very first requirement in a hospital is that it should do the sick no harm.

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For the sick it is important to have the best.

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Woman has nothing but her affections,--and this makes her at once more loving and less loved.

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We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit. Aristotle How very little can be done under the spirit of fear.

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Jesus Christ raised women above the condition of mere slaves, mere ministers to the passions of the man, raised them by His sympathy, to be Ministers of God.

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I attribute my success to this - I never gave or took any excuse.

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I think one's feelings waste themselves in words; they ought all to be distilled into actions which bring results.

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Nature alone cures. ... what nursing has to do ... is to put the patient in the best condition for nature to act upon him.

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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!

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