Sickness, during the first months...
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Sickness, during the first months of her life, left Helen Keller both blind and deaf. In later years, one of her friends pictured Keller's situation. She said, "Whether she's here or in New York or in India, she sits in a black, silent hole."
So it was, because the only physical sense she had was the sense of smell. But Helen Keller had a brilliant mind and a fighting spirit. She became world-famous as a speaker and a writer: a towering inspiration for all who struggle against handicaps.
Yet she was a human being as well. She couldn't help but hurt inside, secretly longing for the sights and the sounds that were denied her. Someone once asked, "Do you believe in life after death?" "Most certainly," she replied. "It's no more than passing from one room to another."
For a long moment it was silent. And then Miss Keller said what she must have thought about many times. "But there is a difference for me. Because in that other ... room ... I shall be able to see!"
So it was, because the only physical sense she had was the sense of smell. But Helen Keller had a brilliant mind and a fighting spirit. She became world-famous as a speaker and a writer: a towering inspiration for all who struggle against handicaps.
Yet she was a human being as well. She couldn't help but hurt inside, secretly longing for the sights and the sounds that were denied her. Someone once asked, "Do you believe in life after death?" "Most certainly," she replied. "It's no more than passing from one room to another."
For a long moment it was silent. And then Miss Keller said what she must have thought about many times. "But there is a difference for me. Because in that other ... room ... I shall be able to see!"
