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"To light a path for men to come" is the privilege of the pioneer; and the life of a pioneer, the hewer of a new path, is always encouraging, whether he who goes before to open the way be a voyager to the Poles or the uttermost parts of the earth, in imminent danger of physical death, or whether he be an adventurer, cutting a path to a new race consciousness, revealing the power of service in new vocations, evoking new powers, and living in hourly danger of mental suffocation by prejudices and inhibitions of race tradition. The women's irresistible movement, which has so suddenly. | 1 CHAPTER I CHAPTER II CHAPTER III CHAPTER IV CHAPTER V CHAPTER VI CHAPTER VII CHAPTER VIII CHAPTER IX CHAPTER X CHAPTER XI CHAPTER XII CHAPTER XIII CHAPTER I CHAPTER II CHAPTER III CHAPTER IV CHAPTER V CHAPTER VI CHAPTER VII CHAPTER VIII CHAPTER IX CHAPTER X CHAPTER XI CHAPTER XII CHAPTER XIII Elsie Inglis 2 Elsie Inglis The Project Gutenberg EBook of Elsie Inglis by Eva Shaw McLaren This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it give it away or re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included with this eBook or online at Title Elsie Inglis The Woman with the Torch Author Eva Shaw McLaren Commentator Lena Ashwell Release Date June 7 2006 EBook 18530 Language English Character set encoding ISO-8859-1 START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK ELSIE INGLIS Produced by Suzanne Lybarger Brian Janes Martin Pettit and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http ELSIE INGLIS Illustration Photo by Bassano ELSIE INGLIS AFTER HER RETURN FROM SERBIA IN 1916 Frontispiece PIONEERS OF PROGRESS WOMEN EDITED BY ETHEL M. BARTON ELSIE INGLIS THE WOMAN WITH THE TORCH BY EVA SHAW McLAREN WITH A PREFACE BY LENA ASHWELL Elsie Inglis LONDON 3 SOCIETY FOR PROMOTING CHRISTIAN KNOWLEDGE NEW YORK THE MACMILLAN COMPANY 1920 Great souls who sailed uncharted seas Battling with hostile winds and tide Strong hands that forged forbidden keys And left the door behind them wide. Diggers for gold where most had failed Smiling at deeds that brought them Fame -- Lighters of Lamps that have not failed -- Lend us your oil and share your flame. TO AMY SIMSON PREFACE To light a path for men to come is the privilege of the pioneer and the life of a pioneer the hewer of a new path is always encouraging whether he who goes before to open the way be a voyager to the Poles or the uttermost parts of the earth in imminent danger of physical death or whether he be an adventurer cutting a path to