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I have no fear nor shrinking; I have seen death so often that it is not strange or fearful to me.

— Edith Cavell Last statements (1915)

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Someday, somehow, I am going to do something useful, something for people. They are, most of them, so helpless, so hurt and so unhappy.

I can’t stop while there are lives to be saved.

But this I would say, standing as I do in the view of God and Eternity — I realise that patriotism is not enough. I must have no bitterness or hatred towards anyone.

I realize that patriotism is not enough. I must have no hatred toward any one.

They have all been very kind to me here. But this I would say, standing as I do in view of God and eternity, I realise that patriotism is not enough. I must have no hatred or bitterness towards anyone.

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