“The problems of deafness are deeper and more complex, if not…”

“The problems of deafness are deeper and more complex, if not more important, than those of blindness. Deafness is a much worse misfortune. For it means the loss of the most vital stimulus — the sound of the voice that brings language, sets thoughts astir and keeps us in the intellectual company of man.”

— Helen Keller

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Title: Wikiquote: Helen Keller
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Context

Letter to Dr. James Kerr Love (1910), published in Helen Keller in Scotland: a personal record written by herself (1933), edited by James Kerr Love. Paraphrasing of this statement may have been the origin of a similar one which has become attributed to her:

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Keller, Helen. (n.d.). Wikiquote: Helen Keller. Wikiquote. https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Helen_Keller

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