![]() ![]() Without the word, visible or tangible, there can be no education. Such a significant event should not pass unnoticed the longest forward stride in the progress of the blind is the invention of Louise (sic) Braille. Today on the anniversary of his discovery, we who are without sight celebrate gratefully the achievement of one who poured the sweetness of tangible printed words into the bitter waters of our affliction. Not a century ago this humble blind Frenchman, a pupil of the Institution Nationale des Jeunes Aveugles in Paris, waved a magic wand which opened a new way for the sightless to knowledge and mental delight. ![]() If we should look for the greatest benefactor of the sightless - the individual who has given them a perpetual source of delight and profit, the choice would certainly fall upon Louise (sic) Braille. See the full typewritten essay, Braille, the Magic Wand of the Blind, in the Helen Keller Archive Transcription ![]()
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