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Title: Page [45]
Date Created and/or Issued: 18650214
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Transcription: [written above date] Stanton Gen'l Hospital Washington D.C. A truly beautiful day, sun shining brightly dispelling the gloom and chilliness of yesterday. Received this morning a letter from my mother the first for a long time. Am very thankful that she is well. Also wrote a letter to my [Illegible] and friend Miss. Libbie E. Hodges of Rochester: "Should things go ill with thee, nor murmer nor complain. Repining at thy lot will but augment the pain: and should thy friend prove false; forgive him and agree. If all were well with him, he would not anger thee; and should thy love offend, love on,with eager scorn; the presence of the rose is witnessed by the thorn." [Norman] [Distich]. ------------------------------- Tuesday, February 14. A truly beautiful day, sun shining brightly dispelling the gloom and chilliness of yesterday, received this morning a letter from my mother, the first for a long time, am very thankful she is well, also wrote to my classmate and friend Miss Libbie E. Hedges of Rochester. [The following is written in a very stylised manner – assume it is Nightingale’s hand] Should things go ill, nor murmur, nor complain/ Repining at thy lot will but augment the pain/ And should thy friend prove false forgive him and agree/ If all were well with him, he would not anger thee/ And should thy love offend, love on with eager scorn/ The presence of the rose is witnessed by the thorn. Norman Distich. Crooks, Terence G. “Transcribed and Annotated Diaries of Henry Oliver Nightingale.” Unpublished manuscript, 2014. Microsoft Word file.
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