Excerpt from The Establishments for the Blind in England: A Report to the Minister of the Interior and of Foreign Affairs Statistical researches prove that the immense majority of the blind belong to that class of society which has to get its living by labour. This fact is certain, and should exercise a great influence on the nature of an establishment to be formed for these unfortunate creatures. Another fact, no less certain, is that deprivation of sight does not make the blind unhappy. Their great unhappiness is ...
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Excerpt from The Establishments for the Blind in England: A Report to the Minister of the Interior and of Foreign Affairs Statistical researches prove that the immense majority of the blind belong to that class of society which has to get its living by labour. This fact is certain, and should exercise a great influence on the nature of an establishment to be formed for these unfortunate creatures. Another fact, no less certain, is that deprivation of sight does not make the blind unhappy. Their great unhappiness is caused by having to depend upon others for the primary needs of life, and by not knowing how to make their existence useful. The world has no less delight for them than for us, provided they can be useqy employed; and, if we were not so cruel as to remind them every moment of their misfortune by useless expressions of sympathy and compassion, they would not feel it. All blind people would reply almost in the same words as he of Puiseaux I should like just as much to have long arms as to have eyes. It seems to me that my hands would teach me better what passes in the moon than your eyes; and, besides, eyes sooner cease from seeing than hands from touching. So it is quite as well worth while to perfect in me the organ which I have as to give me that which is wanting. They. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at ... This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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All Editions of The Establishments for the Blind in England: A Report to the Minister of the Interior and of Foreign Affairs. Bruges: Vandecasteele Werbrouck, 1838
