That's exactly what I think too, Nanette. I'm embarrassed to say I can't really remember exactly what time period Ms Nightingale lived in - I sort-of thought it was during the Crimean War, so: turn of the century? - but then, a lot of her observations wouldn't have been published for a long time until after she wrote them, and even then, what was considered of any value of her works would take even longer to grow fruit.

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Wir sind gewohnt, daß die Menschen verhöhnen was sie nicht verstehen
[it is clear that humans have contempt for that which they do not understand] 

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