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Elsie Inglis
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Title: Elsie Inglis The Woman with the Torch
Author: Eva Shaw McLaren
Commentator: Lena Ashwell
Release Date: June 7, 2006 [EBook #18530]
Language: English
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ELSIE INGLIS
[Illustration: Photo by Bassano
ELSIE INGLIS
AFTER HER RETURN FROM SERBIA IN 1916
Frontispiece]
PIONEERS OF PROGRESS
WOMEN
EDITED BY ETHEL M. BARTON
ELSIE INGLIS
THE WOMAN WITH THE TORCH
BY
EVA SHAW McLAREN
WITH A PREFACE BY
LENA ASHWELL
LONDON
SOCIETY FOR PROMOTING CHRISTIAN KNOWLEDGE NEW YORK: THE MACMILLAN COMPANY 1920
Great souls who sailed uncharted seas, Battling with hostile winds and tide, Strong hands that forged forbidden keys, And left the door behind them, wide.
Diggers for gold where most had failed, Smiling at deeds that brought them Fame,-- Lighters of Lamps that have not failed,-- Lend us your oil and share your flame.
TO AMY SIMSON
PREFACE
"To light a path for men to co