No man, not even a doctor, ever gives any other definition of what a nurse should be than this — "devoted and obedient." This definition would do just as well for a porter. It might even do for a horse. It would not do for a policeman.

What It Means

This is a placeholder explanation generated by the low-overhead model. It interprets "No man, not even a doctor, ever gives any other definition of what a nurse should be than this — "devoted and obedient." This definition would do just as well for a porter. It might even do for a horse. It would not do for a policeman." in the context of "Florence Nightingale, Notes on Nursing (1860)" to mean that wisdom is timeless.