![]() ![]() The passage is a beautiful word of praise to her teachers. But the end of chapter seven will remind the Christian of the association he should feel with Jesus. There is not a lot of religion in the narrative. ![]() ![]() For example, how many of us would remember the smell of cloves from the breath of a horse? It is easier to understand why dogs are afraid of thunder by how Helen Keller relates how she experienced noises. We can be taught to appreciate little things much more than we do by considering how someone who is deaf and mute reaches out with other senses in order to understand. Both her teachers and her parents were wise to not discipline Helen for being naughty, for she often was not able to understand her naughtiness until later. Their patience, wisdom, and dedication are remarkable. Her personal teachers and their wise ways deserve more recognition. She was blessed to have been born to a family that had the resources to help her meet the challenge of her infirmities. In spite of her limitations, she traveled a fair bit as well. She knew many persons of note at an early age, including Alexander Graham Bell and Henry Drummond. "My dullness," she says, "would have exhausted the patience of Job." Her keen sense may be attributed, not just to innate intelligence, but to the compensation of some faculties to the loss of others. ![]()
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