All that was worthy of
preservation remained in what the printer calls a "stickful." That was
my first lesson in journalism.
HELEN ADAMS KELLER
(1880-____)
HOW SHE LEARNED TO SPEAK
When nineteen months old Helen Keller was stricken with an illness
which robbed her of both sight and hearing. The infant that is blind
and deaf is of course dumb also, for being unable to see or hear the
speech of others, the child cannot learn to imitate it.
Despite her enormous handicaps, Miss Keller to-day is a college
graduate, a public speaker, and the author of several charming books.
It need scarcely be explained that this miracle was not wrought by
self-help alone. But if she had not striven with all her might to
respond to the efforts of her devoted teacher, Miss Keller would not
to-day be mistress of the unusual talent for literary expression which
makes her contributions sure of a welcome in the columns of the leading
magazines.
From "The Story of My Life," by Helen Keller. Published by Doubleday,
Page & Co.
The most important day I remember in all my life is the one on which my
teacher, Anne Mansfield Sullivan, came to me. I am filled with wonder
when I consider the immeasurable contrast between the two lives which
it connects.
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