Edith Cavell
Edith Cavell
Edith Louisa Cavellwas a British nurse. She is celebrated for saving the lives of soldiers from both sides without discrimination and in helping some 200 Allied soldiers escape from German-occupied Belgium during the First World War, for which she was arrested. She was accused of treason, found guilty by a court-martial and sentenced to death. Despite international pressure for mercy, she was shot by a German firing squad. Her execution received worldwide condemnation and extensive press coverage...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionWar Hero
Date of Birth4 December 1865
CountryUnited States of America
I have no fear nor shrinking; I have seen death so often that it is not strange or fearful to me.
I realize that patriotism is not enough. I must have no hatred or bitterness towards anyone.
Nothing but physical impossibility, lack of space and money would make me close my doors to Allied refugees.
Patriotism alone is not enough.
Someday, somehow, I am going to do something useful, something for people. They are, most of them, so helpless, so hurt and so unhappy.
I realize that patriotism is not enough. I must have no hatred toward any one.
I can't stop while there are lives to be saved.
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)