Excerpt from The Commemoration of Florence Nightingale: An Oration Delivered by Sir George Newman, K. C. B., M.D., F. R. C. P., Before the General Meeting of the International Council of Nurses, London, July 1937 In the presence of an international assembly of nurses for the healing of the nations, one can hardly escape the reflection, what an inestimable gain for the whole world it would be if, as well as neutralising the wounded men and women of our generation, each nation would learn the wisdom of neutralising its traditional lack of appre ciation of other nations, the mutual undervaluations and particular shortcomings, and the ignorance and pre judices which so easily beset us all. For, to know and to understand is always to make j uster judgments of men. Our true valuation of Florence Nightingale would find most appropriate expression, yes, and would choose the better part; first, in gratefully accepting with knowledge and with understanding, the inspiration of her life and work and its spiritual foundation; and secondly, in planning our own day's enterprise in order that it shall both extend the frontiers of life and enlarge its opportunity for the men, women and children of all nations. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.