"Now and then I have tested my seeing friends to discover what they see. Recently I was visited by a very good friend who had just returned from a long walk in the woods, and I asked her what she had observed. Nothing in particular, she replied. I might have been incredulous had I not been accustomed to such responses, for long ago I became convinced that the seeing see little."

About the Author

This is Helen Keller (1880-1968) recounting her general life experience about the people she came in contact with. She was only 19 months old when she suffered from a severe illness which turned her blind and deaf. Soon, she became dumb too. With the help of Anne Sullivan, her teacher, Keller embarked on a journey to conquer her disabilities. And she succeeded. She couldn t see but she could; she didn t hear but she did; she had no voice but she spoke out. The proof is her autobiographical The Story of My Life in which she relates the experiences of first 22 years of her life. Devoid of self-pity, hers is the never-ending story of human courage and Winston Churchill duly called her "the greatest woman of our age."