NURSE CAVELL’S
LAST MESSAGE TO THE WORLD.
“But this I would say, standing as I do in view of God and eternity, I realise that patriotism is not enough. I must have no hatred or bitterness to anyone.”
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The narrative traces the life of a British nurse from a rural parsonage childhood through professional training in Brussels and London to wartime hospital service, recounting her strict upbringing, career milestones, and humanitarian work. It details her involvement in clandestine efforts to protect and help soldiers in occupied territory, the subsequent arrest, military trial, and execution, and records her final public statements calling for duty without hatred. The book combines chronological chapters with portrait illustrations and contemporary documents to present a commemorative account.
“But this I would say, standing as I do in view of God and eternity, I realise that patriotism is not enough. I must have no hatred or bitterness to anyone.”