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Clara Barton: This conflict is...

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This conflict is one thing I've been waiting for. I'm well and strong and young -- young enough to go to the front. If I can't be a soldier, I'll help soldiers.

Source: The Story of My Childhood, 1907.
-- Clara Barton, (Dec 25 1821-1912), US humanitarian, nurse; The Angel of the Battlefield ministered to injured soldiers during the Civil War and founded the American Red Cross.


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