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Elsie Inglis - The Woman with the Torch by Eva Shaw McLaren
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[21] _A History of The Scottish Women's Hospitals._




CHAPTER XIII

"THE NEW WORK" AND MEMORIES


"Never knew I a braver going
Never read I of one....


"You faced the shadow with all tenderest words of love for all of
us, but with not one selfish syllable on your lips."[22]


Dr. Inglis was brought on shore on Sunday evening, and a room was taken
for her in the Station Hotel at Newcastle.

"The victory over Death has begun when the fear of death is destroyed."

She had been dying by inches for months. She had fought Death in Russia;
she had fought him through all the long voyage. It was a strange
warfare. For he was not to be stayed. Irresistible, majestic, wonderful,
he took his toll--and yet she remained untouched by him! With unclouded
vision, undimmed faith, and undaunted courage, serene and triumphant, in
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