Download or read book War Work of the Fort Wayne Chapter of the American Red Cross (Classic Reprint) written by Isabelle H. Taylor and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2016-06-25 with total page 318 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from War Work of the Fort Wayne Chapter of the American Red Cross When Clara Barton lighted that little candle so many years ago. It is doubtful if even her prephetic vision pictured the far places which its beams should some day read; But. Belonging to the wise ones of earth she did not light the candle in a corner nor hide it under a bushel lest a wind should blow it out. She set it. Instead, upon a high h .l. It took her twenty yea: rs of patient.vigilsnr waiting to get it placed at last. Where she desired it to stand.on a pedestal established by the United States Government, from whence no power save the dissolution of the Government might ever remove it. Twenty years, from 1862 to 1882. Following the powerful opposition of Secretary of War Stanton, Rise Barton trimmed and guarded that candle whose flame was a Red Cross, signifying a service that should reach impartially in all directions. For the relief of human suffering in times of famine. Pestilence. Natural calamity or the horror of war. 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."