"In a world overcome by violence and selfishness and hatred, it is refreshing to read of one woman's selflessness and intellectual approach to developing an understanding of life's purpose and meaning. The work should be very useful to those persons concerned with affirmative action, women's issues, ethics, religion, feminine intellectuality, and achievement; and to those who look for role models in espousing human rights; persons concerned with the spiritual development of the human race would do well to read it, regardless of their religious persuasion." --Irene Sabelberg Palmer, Dean Emeritus, Professor Emeritus, University of San Diego, School of Nursing "This seminal record of her thirtieth year of life is a vital record in the history of a great woman. Surely it is important reading for anyone who would understand Florence Nightingale. A fascinating self-portrait of a young woman-mystic about to become a great woman and, one presumes, a great mystic." -- Francis L. Gross, Jr., Western Michigan University.