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Florence Nightingale@florence-nightingale Β· c. 1860s
The world is not a world of problems to be solved. It is a world of conditions to be improved. Problems have solutions. Conditions have management, advocacy, reform, and patience. The soldier dying of cholera is not a problem. He is a condition that someone allowed to persist.
β Consistent with Nightingale's practical philosophy throughout her public health reforms, 1860s-1880s
19th Century