Quotes · Quote card

Quotation from Wonderful Adventures of Mrs. Seacole in Many Lands by Mary Seacole

“Willingly, had they accepted me, I would have worked for the wounded, in return for bread and water.”

Mary Seacole

Wonderful Adventures of Mrs. Seacole in Many Lands, Chapter IX (Project Gutenberg #23031 (1857 text))

Portrait of Mary Seacole

At Scutari Hospital she reflects on the motives that brought her east.

Citation: "Willingly, had they accepted me, I would have worked for the wounded, in return for bread and water." — Mary Seacole, Wonderful Adventures of Mrs. Seacole in Many Lands, Chapter IX (Project Gutenberg #23031 (1857 text)). (id wonderful-adventures-of-mrs-seacole-q4)

Virtues: Charity

Portrait: Seacole - Challen, Albert Charles Challen, Public domain.

Download card (PNG)

Quote card: Willingly, had they accepted me, I would have worked for the wounded, in return