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Excerpt from: The Heaviest Burden Of The Blind I appeal to you, give the blind man the assistance that shall secure for him complete or partial independence. He is blind and falters. Therefore go a little more than half-way to meet him. Remember, however brave and self-reliant he is, he will always need a guiding hand in his.... |  Read Full Text |
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| Title: | The Heaviest Burden Of The Blind | |
| From: | Out Of The Dark | |
| Creator: | Helen Keller (author) | |
| Date: | 1920 | |
| Format: | Article | |
| Publisher: | Doubleday, Page & Company, New York | |
| Source: | Available at selected libraries | |
| Location: | pp.213-220 | |
| Keywords: | Advocacy; Blind; Charity; Deaf; Deaf-blind; Economics; Education; Employment; Helen Keller; INSTITUTIONS, ORGANIZATIONS & CORPORATIONS; Labor; Labor & Commerce; New York; New York Association For The Blind; Perkins School For The Blind; Poverty; Sensory Disability; Service Organizations; SOCIAL MOVEMENTS & ADVOCACY; Social Welfare & Communities; Statistics; Vocational Rehabilitation; Work | |
| Note: | Address before the New York Association for the Blind. January 15, 1907. |
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