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Letter to Nursing Students, page 2

Letter to Nursing Students, page 2

Item Information

Title

Letter to Nursing Students, page 2

Subject

nursing, history of nursing

Creator

Nightingale, Florence (1820-1910)

Date

28 May 1900

Rights

https://rightsstatements.org/page/InC/1.0/?language=en

Language

English

Type

Text - scan of original letter

Identifier

https://exhibits.lib.unc.edu/exhibits/show/nightingale/

Text

“Lift high the royal banner
“It shall not suffer loss…”
the royal banner of
Nursing. It should gain
through every one of you.
It has gained through
you immensely.

The old Romans were
in some respects I think
superior to us. But they
had no idea of being
good to the sick and
weak.           That