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There is in the blind as in the seeing an Absolute which gives truth to what we know to be true, order to what is orderly, beauty to the beautiful, touchableness to what is tangible.

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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