![]() The blind are not supposed to be the best of guides. You are so accustomed to light, I fear you will stumble when I try to guide you through the land of darkness and silence. But at the very outset we encounter a difficulty. ![]() I am glad to take you by the hand and lead you along an untrodden way into a world where the hand is supreme. In any case, it is pleasant to have something to talk about that no one else has monopolized it is like making a new path in the trackless woods, blazing the trail where no foot has pressed before. ![]() This small incident started me on a chat about hands, and if my chat is fortunate I have to thank my dog-star. If he could speak, I believe he would say with me that paradise is attained by touch for in touch is all love and intelligence. He loved it with his tail, with his paw, with his tongue. I wanted to catch a picture of him in my fingers, and I touched him as lightly as I would cobwebs but lo, his fat body revolved, stiffened and solidified into an upright position, and his tongue gave my hand a lick! He pressed close to me, as if he were fain to crowd himself into my hand. He was rolling on the grass, with pleasure in every muscle and limb. Sample Text, from: The World I Live In by Helen Keller The World I Live in is one of 5 books written by Helen Keller, some of which we’ve featured here: See the whole selection of books by Helen at Project Gutenberg, here: Helen Keller – Project Gutenberg All paragraphs are numbered to help with identification which makes it a perfect text for creating exercises for students, suitable for middle-grade and high school students in English and Social Sciences subjects.įKB public domain books are usually posted in our Classic Books section, but we felt this one deserving of the main page, I hope you will agree. This non-fiction book is perfect for understanding others’ perspectives and inspires a deep sense of admiration for the writer. Helen Keller, being both deaf and blind, seeing the world through her sense of touch, displays an amazing understanding of the world around her, beauty and descriptions that are beyond comprehension, and an amazing spirit of optimism. In The World I Live In – The Practice of Optimism, Iby Helen Keller explains in an amazing and inspiring set of biographical accounts, along with essays and poems what it is like for her in her world.
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