Monthly Bulletin - League of Red Cross Societies, Volumes 4-5League of Red Cross Societies., 1923 - Red Cross and Red Crescent |
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... meeting , in 1922 , the Council recommended to all Red Cross Societies the adoption of peacetime programmes aimed especially at the develop ment in their several countries of popular health instruction , public health nursing and Junior ...
... meeting , in 1922 , the Council recommended to all Red Cross Societies the adoption of peacetime programmes aimed especially at the develop ment in their several countries of popular health instruction , public health nursing and Junior ...
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... Meeting of the General Council , is still bearing by far the greatest part of the load ; but it cannot fail to be a source of satisfaction to that Society to find that the sister organizations in other countries , severely handicapped ...
... Meeting of the General Council , is still bearing by far the greatest part of the load ; but it cannot fail to be a source of satisfaction to that Society to find that the sister organizations in other countries , severely handicapped ...
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... meeting in Geneva last March . By this resolution the Gener- al Council recommends that each National Red Cross Society declare the purpose of its Junior De- partment to be « inculcating in the children of its country the ideal of peace ...
... meeting in Geneva last March . By this resolution the Gener- al Council recommends that each National Red Cross Society declare the purpose of its Junior De- partment to be « inculcating in the children of its country the ideal of peace ...
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... meeting will take place shortly . The first efforts of the Council will be directed towards the publication of a bulletin representative . of all its member societies , under the editorship of the Red Cross , and towards studying the ...
... meeting will take place shortly . The first efforts of the Council will be directed towards the publication of a bulletin representative . of all its member societies , under the editorship of the Red Cross , and towards studying the ...
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... meeting this need that I have the honour to submit to you this decree , which has been drawn up by the Department of Public Relief . It is based on the experience already obtained , incompletely but very successfully , by se- veral ...
... meeting this need that I have the honour to submit to you this decree , which has been drawn up by the Department of Public Relief . It is based on the experience already obtained , incompletely but very successfully , by se- veral ...
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Page 32 - For while the tired waves, vainly breaking, Seem here no painful inch to gain, Far back, through creeks and inlets making, Comes silent, flooding in, the main. And not by eastern windows only, When daylight comes, comes in the light; In front, the sun climbs slow, how slowly, But westward, look, the land is bright.
Page 238 - I am afraid my uncle will think himself justified by them on this occasion, when he asserts, that it is one of the most difficult things in the world to put a woman right, when she sets out wrong.
Page 20 - The Members of the League agree to encourage and promote the establishment and co-operation of duly authorized voluntary national Red Cross organizations having as purposes the improvement of health, the prevention of disease and the mitigation of suffering throughout the world.
Page 32 - Direction of the Council on Health and Public Instruction of the American Medical Association.
Page 242 - It is a profoundly erroneous truism, repeated by all copy-books and by eminent people when they are making speeches, that we should cultivate the habit of thinking of what we are doing. The precise opposite is the case. Civilization advances by extending the number of important operations which we can perform without thinking about them.
Page 163 - Prose writers have also been inspired by Music to their highest eloquence. " Music," said Plato, " is a moral law. It gives a soul to the universe, wings to the mind, flight to the imagination, a charm to sadness, gaiety and life to everything. It is the essence of order, and leads to all that is good, just, and beautiful, of which it is the invisible, but nevertheless dazzling, passionate, and eternal form.
Page 19 - To furnish volunteer aid to the sick and wounded of armies in time of war...
Page 201 - The child must be put in a position to earn a livelihood, and must be protected against every form of exploitation. 5. The child must be brought up in the consciousness that its talents must be devoted to the service of its fellow men.
Page 201 - The Child that is hungry must be fed, the child that is sick must be nursed, the child that is backward must be helped, the delinquent child must be reclaimed, and the orphan and the waif must be sheltered and succoured.