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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Christ, if he had been a woman, might have been nothing but a great complainer

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Live life when you have it. Life is a splendid gift-there is nothing small about it.

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Let whoever is in charge keep this simple question in her head (not, how can I always do this right thing myself, but) how can I provide for this right thing to be always done?

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I use the word nursing for want of a better.

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Nursing is a progressive art such that to stand still is to go backwards.

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Nursing is an art: and if it is to be made an art, it requires an exclusive devotion as hard a preparation as any painter's or sculptor's work; for what is the having to do with dead canvas or dead marble, compared with having to do with the living body, the temple of God's spirit? It is one of the Fine Arts: I had almost said, the finest of Fine Arts.

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Let us never consider ourselves finished nurses....we must be learning all of our lives.

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Apprehension, uncertainty, waiting, expectation, fear of surprise, do a patient more harm than any exertion.

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I am not yet worthy; and I will live to deserve to be called a Trained Nurse.

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