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To be blind is bad, but worse is to have eyes and not see.

Helen Keller

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Helen Keller
Age: 87 †
Born: 1880
Born: June 27
Died: 1968
Died: June 1
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Peace Activist
Political Activist
Suffragette
Trade Unionist
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Tuscumbia
Alabama
Helen Adams Keller
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As the eagle was killed by the arrow winged with his own feather, so the hand of the world is wounded by its own skill.
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