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Excerpt from: Teaching The War's Blind Very few blinded soldiers are seen in the streets of Paris nowadays. The fortunate ones are learning trades not requiring sight in the French Government’s available institutions. The rest, helpless and despondent, sometimes even to the verge of suicide, are being cared for in the homes of friends and relatives. Whenever one of these blind men appears in the street he is saluted by almost every pedestrian. This custom, too, though beautiful, is pathetic, since the objects of the honor cannot of course perceive the mark of respect which is being paid to them.... | Read Full Text |
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Title: | Teaching The War's Blind | |
Creator: | Cora Parsons Kesseler (author) | |
Date: | July 21, 1916 | |
Format: | Letter | |
Publication: | The New York Times | |
Source: | Available at selected libraries | |
Keywords: | Advocacy; Blind; Education; Employment; France; Health & Medicine; Hospitals; Institutions; Labor; Lighthouse For The Blind; Medicine; Paris, France; Permanent Blind War Relief Fund; Sensory Disability; Service Organizations; Veterans; Veterans & Military; Vocational Rehabilitation; War | |
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