[on Thomas Babington Macaulay:] He Was A

That Religion Is Not Devotion, But Work And Suffering For The Love Of God; This Is The True Doctrine Of Mystics.

Mysticism: To Dwell On The Unseen, To Withdraw Ourselves From The Things Of Sense Into Communion With God - To Endeavour To Partake Of The Divine Nature; That Is, Of Holiness.

Hospitals Are Only An Intermediate Stage Of Civilization, Never Intended ... To Take In The Whole Sick Population. May We Hope That The Day Will Come ... When Every Poor Sick Person Will Have The Opportunity Of A Share In A District Sick-nurse At Home.

Passion, Intellect, Moral Activity - These Three Have Never Been Satisfied In A Woman. In This Cold And Oppressive Conventional Atmosphere, They Cannot Be Satisfied. To Say More On This Subject Would Be To Enter Into The Whole History Of Society, Of The Present State Of Civilisation.

Nature Alone Cures. ... What Nursing Has To Do ... Is To Put The Patient In The Best Condition For Nature To Act Upon Him.