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    To Live, To Think, To Hope: Inspirational Quotes of Helen Keller
    To Live, To Think, To Hope: Inspirational Quotes of Helen Keller
    To Live, To Think, To Hope: Inspirational Quotes of Helen Keller
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    To Live, To Think, To Hope: Inspirational Quotes of Helen Keller

    By Matthew Gordon

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    One of the most enigmatic figures in history, Helen went from being locked in a prison of darkness and silence, to one of the most well-respected philosophers and beacons of change in the modern world. Now, with this book, one can experience Helen's most inspirational & life changing thoughts.

    Covering the entirety of her life, "To Live, To Think, To Hope" compiles over 600 quotes by Helen Keller on topics such as optimism, friendship, nature, religion, life, death & many more. The quotes come from Helen's various writings, all of which are sourced. This book also contains a selection of Helen's poetry.

    More than a quote book, each topic begins with a short introduction, which, when read in full, produces a narrative of Helen's life. Thus, the book can either be read from cover to cover as a story, or when a little inspiration is needed, the book can be picked up and read from any spot.

    Makes a great gift for those in need of inspiration.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherMatthew Gordon
    Release dateJan 8, 2012
    ISBN9781466398085
    To Live, To Think, To Hope: Inspirational Quotes of Helen Keller
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    Matthew Gordon

    Matthew Gordon was born in Toronto on August 3, 1987. He holds an Honours Bachelor of Arts in English and History from Wilfrid Laurier University, and a Master of Industrial and Labor Relations from Cornell University. He has also completed his Freelance Writing Certificate at the University of Toronto and has written for RealGM.com and The Billfold. His first published fiction was released in June 2012. When he is not writing, he is diving into a book or listening to music.

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    To Live, To Think, To Hope - Matthew Gordon

    To Live,

    To Think, To Hope

    ___________________________________________

    Inspirational Quotes of

    Helen Keller

    By Matthew Gordon

    Copyright 2011 Matthew B. Gordon

    Smashwords Edition

    All Rights Reserved

    Introductions & Editing copyright © Matthew Gordon

    Cover design by Matthew Gordon

    ~ Helen Adams Keller ~

    (1880 – 1968)

    Wherever a courageous soul rises, man is invincible.

    A Note on Structure

    __________________________________

    This book compiles many portions of Helen Keller’s writings, speeches, & sayings. For better thematic structure, these quotes have been grouped into sections, such as religion, friends, life, and death. Each section retaining the same overall theme is then further divided and ordered by the source of each quote, i.e. Helen’s books. Each section also begins with a short introduction regarding that topic.

    INTRODUCTION

    __________________________________

    A deaf-blind individual from near birth, Helen Keller learned to read, write, and even speak. Renowned by nearly everyone during her time, Helen Keller’s life story shocked those who previously viewed the disabled as dependant and inadequate. With her disability forcing Helen to view everyone as equal, regardless of class or creed, Helen became a torchbearer for women’s, workers’, and disabled persons’ rights, as well as an advocate for social change.

    Spanning Helen’s entire life, this book contains nearly seven-hundred quotes expressed by Helen dealing with her convictions on faith, society, America, the disabled, and more. Yet, more than a quote book, this collection also presents Helen’s life through chapter introductions, providing an overall look at this truly extraordinary person.

    From these amazing quotes, one can understand life through the mind of a person initially viewed as a monster, but who triumphed and changed this perception, graduating from college, meeting twelve presidents, wining an Oscar, and writing thirteen books in the process. Without a doubt, Helen Keller earned her place in history, and in the hearts of the world.

    1.

    A Soul Awakened

    ___________________________________

    Quotes on the Birth of Helen Keller’s Spirt

    On June 27th, 1880, the young southern belle Kate Keller gave birth to a stary-eyed child named Helen Adams Keller. Kate’s husband, Captain Arthur Henley Keller, a staunch man, worked for the local newspaper. Little Helen was Kate Keller’s angel on earth, born healthy with lush curls of gold and deep, picturesque blue eyes.

    While famous for being the world’s most recognizable deaf-blind individual, Helen’s early years were anything but dark and quiet. From birth, Helen possessed extraordinary eyesight, finding lost needles on the floor that others could not find. As she grew older, Helen even began uttering words like wah-wah for water, and yelling for tea, tea, tea. When Helen was nineteen months old, however, her life inextricably changed forever.

    In 1882, Helen came down with what doctors then called brain fever, but which was possibly scarlet fever or meningitis. This illness affected Helen’s brain and chest, causing intense fevers. At such a young age, Helen remarkably pulled through, but she was not untouched; pain began to afflict Helen’s eyes.

    Noticing that Helen had been rubbing her eyes, Kate placed her palm in front of Helen’s face. To Kate’s alarm, Helen did not blink, jerk, or make any noise. Medical tests brought dreadful news: Helen could see no objects or light, nor could she hear. Helen Keller had become blind and deaf, entering into a realm of twilight and shadow. While Helen was left physically blind and deaf for the rest of her life, she would not, however, be left in dark, cold silence forever.

    Social perceptions at this time framed those hindered through disability as monsters and outcasts, with their disorders believed to be a result of their sin. With her violent tantrums and outbursts - the result of the young girl’s inability to fully grasp her world - this view was no different with Helen. Many disabled children were sent away, becoming dysfunctional wards of the state. To Kate, Helen was still the porcelain-faced, curly-haired angel of of her youth.

    At the pinnacle of Helen’s disfunction, Kate Keller remembered reading of Charles Dickens’ travels to America, in which the author had visited Laura Bridgman, a deaf-blind girl who had become well educated. Kate wondered if Helen could perhaps follow in Laura’s path. After searching tirelessly for medical remedies, Captain and Kate Keller became aquainted with Alexander Graham Bell, a deaf specialist (and future inventor of the telephone). Bell believed that the Perkins Institute for the Blind - the same institution that had proved miraculous for Laura Bridgman – would be ideal for Helen. It was through this school that the Kellers hired a young girl, herself nearly blind, to assist and educate the six year-old Helen Keller. This young teacher’s name was Anne Sullivan.

    In March 1887, Anne Sullivan arrived in Tuscumbia, Alabama, hoping to open Helen’s eyes to the world around her. This proved more complicated than Anne had initially hoped. Attempting to teach Helen that every object had a corresponding word, Anne placed Helen’s favorite doll in her arms, spelling out the word d-o-l-l with Helen’s fingers. Helen however, still could not grasp this idea. While Helen became increasingly discouraged, Anne was unremitting in teaching Helen.

    One early April morning, Anne traveled with Helen to the family’s water pump. We walked down the path to the well-house, Helen later wrote, attracted by the fragrance of the honeysuckle with which it was covered. Anne then placed Helen’s hand under the cool,

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