And I attribute my success to this:—I never gave or took an excuse.

And I attribute my success to this:—I never gave or took an excuse.

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What turned up: Letter to Miss H. Bonham Carter (1861), quoted in Edward Cook, The Life of Florence Nightingale, vol. I (1913); Cook reproduces her letter describing action rather than excuses after a domestic flood. Original says “an excuse,” not the frequently circulated “any excuse”; emphasis omitted.
Work: Letter to Miss H. Bonham Carter (1861), quoted in Edward Cook, The Life of Florence Nightingale, vol. I (1913)
Sources checked: gutenberg.orgChecked using manual, 20 October 2026Letter to Miss H. Bonham Carter (1861), quoted in Edward Cook, The Life of Florence Nightingale, vol. I (1913); Cook reproduces her letter describing action rather than excuses after a domestic flood. Original says “an excuse,” not the frequently circulated “any excuse”; emphasis omitted.

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