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Mildred Cable

(1878–1952) Missionary

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Mildred Cable was a missionary, best known for The Gobi Desert.

Quick Facts About Mildred Cable

Born: February 21, 1878
Died: April 30, 1952
Profession: Missionary
Notable works: The Gobi Desert

About Mildred Cable

Alice Mildred Cable was a British Protestant Christian missionary in China, serving with the China Inland Mission. Cable was part of an inseparable "trio" of missionaries along with sisters Francesca and Eva French. The trio is best known for their missionary efforts along remote caravan routes in Central Asia and the Gobi Desert.

Biography source: Wikipedia

Quotes by Mildred Cable

History more often records the brilliant successes and spectacular defeats of contending forces than the effect of war on the common people.

Brilliant

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Without water the desert is nothing but a grave.

Desert

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[On the camel:] Its weak point is its morale, and it is here that so much depends on its human master. Discouragement…

Camels

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If we go about apologizing for speaking to people of the things of God, we must not be very much surprised if…

Apologizing

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In the desert the detachment of life from all normal intercourse imparts a sense of gravity to every rencontre, and each touch…

Casual

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God provides the men and women needed for each generation.

Christianity

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there are camels which have the quality which in humans is called the revolutionary spirit, and the caravan leader fears to keep…

Authority

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[On the camel:] When it kneels to be laden it always grumbles, growls and shows resentment, but of this the driver takes…

Beast

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