Florence Nightingale — "The lady with the lamp is a very pretty picture; but I am not a lady with a lamp…"
The lady with the lamp is a very pretty picture; but I am not a lady with a lamp. I am a ministering angel.
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Reported by a journalist, though she disdained the 'lady with the lamp' image.
Date: Circa 1855
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