"The true test of a character is to face hard conditions with the determination to make them better."
"The chief handicap of the blind is not blindness, but the attitude of seeing people towards them."
"To keep on trying in spite of disappointment and failure is the only way to keep young and brave. Failures become victories if they make us wise-hearted."
A very young Helen Keller stands next to a seated Anne Sullivan, while Anne fingerspells into Keller's hand.
Portrait of Helen Keller as an adolescent reading a large braille book that is resting in her lap.
Source: Perkins School for the Blind
Hall completed his first machine in May 1892 and by 1893, there were 25 in use at his school and about 75 had been sold to other institutions and individuals. It was an astounding machine in terms of mechanical simplicity and its impact on the life of the blind. Helen Keller used this machine, and extolled its virtues .
Published by Doubleday in 1903
