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If I, deaf, blind, find life rich and interesting, how much more can you gain by the use of your five senses!

Helen Keller

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Helen Keller
Age: 87 †
Born: 1880
Born: June 27
Died: 1968
Died: June 1
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Tuscumbia
Alabama
Helen Adams Keller
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