Quote#Heart
She was a great woman with the heart of a little child. Her works…
Quote byFlorence Earle Coates · 1850–1927
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: Mrs. Coates on her Aunt (ca. September 1916), Mrs. Caroline Earle White—President and founder of The Women's Pennsylvania Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals and the American Anti-Vivisection Society. Caroline Earle White biography on the American Anti-Vivisection Society website.
English (original)
She was a great woman with the heart of a little child. Her works praise her; the millions of God's creatures whom she has saved from suffering sing her praise. Where she has gone the recognition of this world counts for little. She has gone where the merciful are blessed, where the pure in heart see God.
— Florence Earle Coates
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