Florence Knightingale: Lady of the Lamp

So I have to read this book for my summer homework. My first nursing class is Character of Professional Nursing and they focus in on Florence Knightingale's mission and character. Over the summer they wanted us to read this book and answer some questions about Florence.

Everyone I talked to said this was the most boring book they've ever read. And after reading it, I've decided that it's not that bad. I have to say though, the most I got out of it was a paragraph on the last page.

“Live your life while you have it. Life is a splendid gift. There is nothing small in it, for the greatest things grow by God's smallest. But to live your life, you must discipline it. You must not fritter it away in fair purpose, erring act, inconstant will, but must make your thought, your work, your acts all work to the same end, and that end not in self but in God. This is what we call character.” ~Florence Knightingale