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Hospital Sketches, by Louisa May Alcott
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Title: Hospital Sketches
Author: Louisa May Alcott
Posting Date: March 6, 2009 [EBook #3837] Release Date: March, 2003 First Posted: October 2, 2001
Language: English
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HOSPITAL SKETCHES
By
LOUISA MAY ALCOTT
THESE SKETCHES ARE RESPECTFULLY DEDICATED TO HER FRIEND MISS HANNAH STEVENSON BY L.M.A.
CONTENTS
I. Obtaining Supplies II. A Forward Movement III. A Day IV. A Night V. Off Duty VI. A Postscript
CHAPTER I
OBTAINING SUPPLIES.
"I want something to do."
This remark being addressed to the world in general, no one in particular felt it their duty to reply; so I repeated it to the smaller world about me, received the following suggestions, and settled the matter by answering my own inquiry, as people are apt to do when very much in earnest.
"Write a book," quoth the author of my being.
"Don't know enough, sir. First live, then write."
"Try teaching again," suggested my mother.
"No thank you, ma'am, ten years of that is enough."
"Take a husband like my Darby, and fulfill your mission," said sister