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“I have no fear nor shrinking; I have seen death so often that it is not strange or fearful to me.”

Last statements (1915)

“They have all been very kind to me here. But this I would say, standing as I do in view of God and eternity, I realize that patriotism is not enough. I must have no hatred or bitterness for anyone.”

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Though said the night before her execution this statement has often been presented as having been her last. Variants of these words have sometimes been misattributed to Florence Nightingale. "Patriotism is not enough. I must have no hatred or bitterness for anyone." is inscribed beneath her statue at St. Martin's Place in London.
Last statements (1915)

“I thank God for this ten weeks' quiet before the end… Life has always been hurried and full of difficulty… This time of rest has been a great mercy.”

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Last statements (1915)

“Someday, somehow, I am going to do something useful, something for people. They are, most of them, so helpless, so hurt and so unhappy.”

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As quoted in The Economist (15 October 2010), p. 107

“I can’t stop while there are lives to be saved.”

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As quoted in "Edith Cavell" by Helen Judson in The American Journal of Nursing (July 1941), p. 871