Perkins School for the Blind Bound Clippings- World War Blind, 1915 (1915) (14801434333)

Identifier: perkinsschoolfo191501perk (find matches)
Title: Perkins School for the Blind Bound Clippings: World War Blind, 1915
Year: 1915 (1910s)
Authors: Perkins School for the Blind, formerly Perkins Institution
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Contributing Library: Samuel P. Hayes Research Library, Perkins School for the Blind
Digitizing Sponsor: Perkins School for the Blind



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ut a yearsbare existence if he returns to his nativevillage In the provinces. But the pension, even supposing itwere 10 times the size, could only solvehalf the problem of setting the blind sol-dier on his feet. And since actually it isquite inadequate, in nine out of every tencases, to furnish its recipient with eventhe simplest necessities of life* the Gov-ernment cannot rest content there. Itmust go further. The problem Is a great deal more thana mere question of building a roof overthe blind mans head and putting foodin hi3 mouth. If that were the only diffi-culty the poorhouse would remove it ata stroke. The real question, la one oftaking several hundred full-grown menwhom fortune has broken and re-endow-ing them with the courage and the essen-tial functions of men. filling their sunkenhearts with hope and training their list-less hands to labor. In a word, whatthe situation requires is nothing less thanthe remaking of the mens moraleand the re-education of their hands andbrains.
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