“Life is p    1    …To a person nothing is more precious than their life, and if they entrust me with that life, how could I r    2    that trust, saying I’m cold, hungry, or tired?” These words of Dr Lin Qiaozhi give us a look into the heart of this a    3     woman, and what carried her through a life of hard choices.

… “Why should girls learn so much? F    4    a good husband should be their final goal!” her brother c    5    , thinking of the high tuition f    6    She responded, “I’d rather stay single to study all my life!”

The new People’s Republic of China s    7    Dr Lin Qiaozhi playing a key role. In 1954, she was elected to the first National People’s Congress and, over the next several d    8    , she held many important positions. Her heart, however, was elsewhere. She was more interested intending patients, p    9    medical research on care for women and children, and training the next generation of doctors. “The OB-GYN department cares for two lives,” She told new staff in her department. “As doctors, we should be r    10     for the patients and treat them as our sisters.”

“Life is precious.... To a person nothing is more precious than their life, and if they entrust me with that life, how could I r    1     that trust, saying I’m cold, hungry, or tired?” These words of Dr Lin Qiaozhi give us a look into the h    2     of this amazing woman, and what carried her through a life of hard c    3    .

As a five-year-old girl, Lin Qiaozhi was deeply a    4     by her mother’s death. At age 18, instead of following the t    5     path of marriage like the m    6     of girls, she chose to s    7     medicine. “Why should girls learn so much? Finding a good husband should be their f    8     goal!” her brother complained, thinking of the high tuition f    9    . She responded, “I’d rather stay s    10     to study all my life!”

Most people take everything for granted so that they can see nothing     1     of note. Helen wants to see a lot, including the people whose kindness and     2    and     3     have made her life worth living as well as the     4     of man’s progress. The third day she would spend in the workaday world,     5    the haunts of men going about the business of life. Of all the senses, Helen thought that sight must be the most    6    .