Dorothea Dix Quote

I come to present the strong claims of suffering humanity. I come to place before the Legislature of Massachusetts the condition of the miserable, the desolate, the outcast. I come as the advocate of helpless, forgotten, insane men and women; of beings sunk to a condition from which the unconcerned world would start with real horror.

Discovery of the Columbia River (ed. 1902)

I come to present the strong claims of suffering humanity. I come to place before the Legislature of Massachusetts the condition of the miserable,...

I come to present the strong claims of suffering humanity. I come to place before the Legislature of Massachusetts the condition of the miserable,...

I come to present the strong claims of suffering humanity. I come to place before the Legislature of Massachusetts the condition of the miserable,...

I come to present the strong claims of suffering humanity. I come to place before the Legislature of Massachusetts the condition of the miserable,...