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    "ocrText": "I\nat\nCOPY\nMy dear Miss Noyes:\nS\nThe news of Miss Hay's death pained me more than it sur-\nC\nprised me. Her last letter to me, seven or eight months ago, was a long\nC\nyearning, a cry of despairt She seemed to be tired of the life of an invalid,\nactive as she was, after having spent her life in service to others, giving\nherself with inimitable self-denial with the same humility and sweetness\nwhich distinguished her. No will was stronger when she wanted to achieve some\nwork; no system was better when she had to organize something. She remained\nin this respect unsurpassable.\nShe taught us the way to work and set for us the example\nof good and profitable work. She was severe for others, but still more severe\nfor herself. Miss Hay can set a sitandard for the real nurse in its most\nreal meaning. Unfortunately, she gave herself too much, and went too soon.\nFor us she is not dead, and her deeds here in Sofia, and dear Flodiv will\nlive and as a monument point to the future generations the life of a real\nnurse like Miss Hay.\nWe had a perfectly nice and inspiring Memorial Service\nin her honor last Sunday. You may read of it in your papers, if Mr. Schoe-\nmaker is obliging enough to give it place in the American press.\nThe ladies' committee created a fund \"Miss Hay\" by the\nNurses' School for specializing of nurses, and I am sure it will soon mean\nsomething.\nI don't think we can do enough to give material expression to\nour gratitude to Miss Hay, poor dear Miss Hay!\nIn closing W letter, dear Miss Noyes, I beg to express\nto you particularly my sympathy for the great loss of a nurse like Miss Hay.\nWishing you a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year, I am\nMost sincerely yours\n(sgd) Ganke Calschoff Harisanoff\nSofia,\nDec. 17, 1932.\n2\n20F"
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