...Lincoln, "We have seen it in his face ; hopeless honesty ; that is all." He said it as if helelt that 1t was far from enough. »* None of us knew then —...glad to serve, but you cannot help any one ; you have Clothing to give, and there is nothing for you to do." Yet, because of my sincere desire, a word was...

...she was too much hampered by children to do the one, and too inexpert with her hands to do the other. "Something seemed to say to me, 'you would be glad to serve, but you cannot help anyone; you have nothing to give, and there is nothing for you to do.' " She could only write poetry,...

...way, but felt that there was nothing she could do — except make lint, which we were all doing. " I could not leave my nursery to follow the march of...me, 'You would be glad to serve, but you cannot help anyone: you have nothing to give, and there is nothing for you to do.' Yet, because of my sincere desire,...

...not leave my nursery to follow the armies, neither had I the deftness for packing sanitary stores. Something seemed to say to me, 'You would be glad...nothing to give and there is nothing for you to do.'" But that day they were invited to review the troops and while they were doing this, there was a sudden...

...Republic" came directly from such a revolt. It was written, as she puts it, in reply to "something" which "seemed to say to me, 'You would be glad to serve, but you cannot help anyone; you have nothing to give and there is nothing for you to do." She dreamed it rather than wrote...

...serving in the hospitals, or busying themselves with the work of the Sanitary Commission. My husband was beyond the age of military service, my eldest...preparing and packing of sanitary stores demanded. Yet, because of my sincere desire, a word was given me to say, which did strengthen the hearts of those...

...themselves serving in the hospitals, or busying themselves with the work of the Sanitary Commission. ... I could not leave my nursery to follow the march of...me, "You would be glad to serve, but you cannot help anyone; you have nothing to give, and there is nothing for you to do." Yet because of my sincere desire,...

...Washington. "My husband was beyond the age of military service, my eldest son but a stripling," she recalled; "I could not leave my nursery to follow the march of our armies." Her lyrics were published in the Atlantic Monthly in February 1862 and were quickly adopted by Union...

...husband too old for service. And while some women went to work in camps and hospitals, Howe lamented, "I could not leave my nursery to follow the march of our armies." She rejoiced, however, that "because of my sincere desire a word was given me to say, which did strengthen...

...Reminiscences 1819-1899, during the early months of the war, her youngest child was only two years old. "I could not leave my nursery to follow the march of our armies. . . . Yet, because of my sincere desire, a word was given me to say, which did strengthen the hearts...