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I May Sometimes Be Willing To Teach For Nothing, But If Paid At All, I Shall Never Do A Man's Work For Less Than A Man's Pay.

I Have An Almost Complete Disregard Of Precedent, And A Faith In The Possibility Of Something Better. It Irritates Me To Be Told How Things Have Always Been Done. I Defy The Tyranny Of Precedent. I Go For Anything New That Might Improve The Past.

The Red Cross In Its Nature, It Aims And Purposes, And Consequently, Its Methods, Is Unlike Any Other Organization In The Country.it Is An Organization Of Physical Action, Of Instantaneous Action, At The Spur Of The Moment; It Cannot Await The Ordinary Deliberation Of Organized Bodies If It Would Be Of Use To Suffering Humanity,[ellipsis In Original] It Has By Its Nature A Field Of Its Own.

Long Ago I Added To The True Old Adage Of "what Is Everybody's Business Is Nobody's Business," Another Clause Which, I Think, Morethan Any Other Principle Has Served To Influence My Actions In Life. That Is, What Is Nobody's Business Is My Business.

What Could I Do But Go With Them Civil War Soldiers, Or Work For Them And My Country? The Patriot Blood Of My Father Was Warm In My Veins.