I have no fear nor shrinking; I have seen death so often that it is not strange or … - Edith Cavell

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I have come to regard with some suspicion those who claim that the Bible never troubles them. I can only assume this means they haven’t actually read it.

Edith Cavell

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

Fearful, No Fear, Seen, Shrinking, Strange

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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 (On the eve of her execution)

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Patriotism is not enough. I must have no hatred or bitterness towards any one.

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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.

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Nothing but physical impossibility, lack of space and money would make me close my doors to Allied refugees.

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

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I have come to regard with some suspicion those who claim that the Bible never troubles them. I can only assume this means they haven’t actually read it.

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Realize that war is common and justice is strife, and that all things come into being and pass away through strife.

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