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Quotation from Wonderful Adventures of Mrs. Seacole in Many Lands by Mary Seacole
“Many others, on that day, gave me thanks in words the meaning of which was lost upon me, and all of them in that one common language of the whole world--smiles.”
Wonderful Adventures of Mrs. Seacole in Many Lands, Chapter XVI (Project Gutenberg #23031 (1857 text))
After tending French, Sardinian and Russian wounded on the field of the Tchernaya.
Citation: "Many others, on that day, gave me thanks in words the meaning of which was lost upon me, and all of them in that one common language of the whole world--smiles." — Mary Seacole, Wonderful Adventures of Mrs. Seacole in Many Lands, Chapter XVI (Project Gutenberg #23031 (1857 text)). (id wonderful-adventures-of-mrs-seacole-q6)
Virtues: Charity
Portrait: Seacole - Challen, Albert Charles Challen, Public domain.
