to one of which I am attached by bonds of friendship, to other by ties of common origin - Wilhelmina of the Netherlands

Already then, there was in my subconsciousness as unsatisfactoriness about powerlessness, which was accompanied by being locked in a cage, whereby made taking an initiative, of any kind, impossible

I have done more for the Boers than my fellow countrymen will ever know

For the whole world I became a heroine, very easy, but not complimentary, since I had done nothing in this case, received the most ridiculous letters from places all over the world; especially a steady flow of praises came from France! I have never seen such a exaggerated reaction