I can't see on what ground you think you see here the least gain to the 'woman's question,' so called.

It's rather _the contrary_, to my mind, and, any way, the women of England must give the precedence to the _soeurs de charite_, who have magnificently won it in all matters of this kind.

For my own part (and apart from the exceptional miseries of the war), I acknowledge to you that I do not consider the best use to which we can put a gifted and accomplished woman is to _make her a hospital nurse_.

If it is, why then woe to us all who are artists! The woman's question is at an end.
The men's 'noes' carry it.

For the future I hope you will know your place and keep clear of Raffaelle and criticism; and I shall expect to hear of you as an organiser of the gruel department in the hospital at Greenwich, that is, if you have the luck to _percer_ and distinguish yourself.
Oh, the Crimea! How dismal, how full of despair and horror! The results will, however, be good if we are induced to come down from the English pedestal in Europe of incessant self-glorification, and learn that our close, stifling, corrupt system gives no air nor scope for healthy and effective organisation anywhere.