We have spent years in the endeavor to acquire the moral and intellectual discipline, by which we are enabled to distinguish truth from falsehood, receive higher and broader views of duty, and apply general principles to the diversified details of life.
Today we are standing face to face with the great problem of life. She gave the following speech at the commencement ceremony:Īll the wondrous physical, intellectual and moral endowments, with which man is blessed, will, by inevitable law, become useless, unless he uses and improves them.If a love for truth and beauty and goodness is not cultivated, the mind loses the strength which comes from truth, the refinement which comes from beauty, and the happiness which comes from goodness.įull Transcript of Anne's Speech Anne's Commencement Speech at the Perkins School for the Blind (June 1, 1886) The ability to sign into another's palm was a key part of Anne's later success in communicating with Helen Keller.Īt Perkins Anne's hard work and keen mind resulted in her being chosen as the valedictorian of her class in 1886. The person feels the movement of the fingers, which are surrounded by the listener's hand. For a person who is deaf-blind, words are signed into the palm of the hand. Each letter of the alphabet is formed with a different hand sign.
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One of the most important skills that Anne learned at the Perkins School for the Blind was the manual alphabet developed for deaf people.
Actual photographs of Helen Keller's hand taken for the American Foundation for the Blind." The poster contains images of Helen Keller's hands forming individual letters. Photograph of an American Foundation for the Blind poster entitled "The One-Hand Manual Alphabet Used By Deaf-Blind People.
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