Before me I saw a new world opening in beauty and light, and I felt within me the ability to know all things.
You are so used to light, I fear you will stumble when I try to help you through the land of darkness and silence.
The public must learn that blind people are neither geniuses nor freaks. They have minds that can learn and hands which can be trained. It is the duty of the public to help them make the best of themselves so that they can win light through work.
Without Helen Kellen, the successful and outstanding representative of the deaf and blind, you will never know how brave and courageous can human beings become. And thanks to her, we get to know the world of the deaf and blind, starting to pay attention to and care for them. Moreover, we can be encouraged to live in this world with hope filled in our heart. She behaves like a lighthouse on a cliff, showing us how precious the light is and leading you to go through the darkness.
She has left us valuable heritages of her perspiration and courage she held to struggle out of the adversity and her charity for the blind and deaf.
by Scott R. Welvaert
illustrated by Cynthia Martin and Keith Tucker
(228 words)
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