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Fifteenth Annual Report Of The Trustees Of The Perkins Institution And Massachusetts Asylum For The Blind
As she grew thinner, and paler, and weaker, she appeared to be laying aside the garments of the flesh, and her spirit shone out brighter through its transparent veil. Her countenance became more spiritualized, and its pensive expression told truly, that, though there was no gloom, neither was there any gladness in her heart....
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Title: Fifteenth Annual Report Of The Trustees Of The Perkins Institution And Massachusetts Asylum For The Blind
Creator: Samuel Gridley Howe (author)
Date: 1847
Format: Annual Report
Source: Perkins School for the Blind
Location: Appendix, pp.23-47
Keywords: Advocacy; Biography; Blind; Boston, MA; Children; Communication; Deaf; Deaf-blind; Education; Educational Institutions; Identity; Institutions; Intelligence; Laura Bridgman; Manual Alphabet; Massachusetts; Medicine & Science; Mute; Oliver Caswell; Perkins School For The Blind; Psychology; Religion; Samuel Gridley Howe; Schools; Sensory Disability; Social Welfare & Communities; Women & Gender
Topics: Institutions, Organizations & Corporations; Science, Health & Technology; Social Movements & Advocacy