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What The Blind Can Do
There is no law on the statute-books compelling people to move up closer on the bench of life to make room for a blind brother; but there is a divine law written on the hearts of men constraining them to make a place for him, not only because he is unfortunate, but also because it is his right as a human being to share God’s greatest gift, the privilege of man to go forth unto his work....
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Title: What The Blind Can Do
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.141-159
Keywords: Advocacy; Blind; Deaf; Deaf-blind; Education; Employment; Helen Keller; Identity; Labor; Labor & Commerce; Perkins School For The Blind; Poverty; Samuel Gridley Howe; Schools; Sensory Disability; Social Welfare & Communities; Work
Topics: Social Movements & Advocacy
Note: The Youth’s Companion, January 4, 1906.


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