Helen Keller

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Although the world is full of suffering, it is full also of the overcoming of it.

Helen Keller

Optimism

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Topic

Overcoming adversity

Author

Helen Keller

Source

Optimism

Medium

Essay

Language

English

Time

1903 1900s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Original Citation

Keller, Helen. Optimism. T. Y. Crowell and Company, 1903, pt. 1.

Current Citation

Keller, Helen. "Optimism." The World I Live In and Optimism: A Collection of Essays. Dover Publications, 2010, pt. 1.

The best and most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen nor even touched, but just felt in the heart.

Helen Keller

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Topic

Things not seen Perception The heart

Author

Helen Keller

Source

Letters of Helen Keller

Medium

Letter

Language

English

Time

1891 1890s 19th century

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Citation

Keller, Helen. Letter to Reverend Phillips Brooks. 8 June 1891.

Life is either a daring adventure or nothing.

Helen Keller

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Topic

Taking risks Courage Living life to the fullest

Author

Helen Keller

Source

Let Us Have Faith

Genre

Religious literature

Language

English

Time

1940 1940s 20th century

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Citation

Keller, Helen. Let Us Have Faith. Doubleday, Doran & Co., Inc., 1940.

Everything has its wonders, even darkness and silence, and I learn, whatever state I may be in, therein to be content.

Helen Keller

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Topic

Contentment

Author

Helen Keller

Source

The Story of My Life Ladies' Home Journal

Genre

Autobiography and memoir

Language

English

Time

1902 1900s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Original Citation

Keller, Helen. "The Story of My Life." Ladies' Home Journal, 1902.

Current Citation

Keller, Helen. The Story of My Life. Signet, 2010, ch. 22.

When one door of happiness closes, another opens; but often we look so long at the closed door that we do not see the one which has been opened for us.

Helen Keller

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Topic

Opportunities Moving forward Perspective

Author

Helen Keller

Source

We Bereaved

Language

English

Time

1929 1920s 20th century

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Citation

Keller, Helen. We Bereaved. Leslie Fulenwider, 1929.

The highest result of education is tolerance.

Helen Keller

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Topic

Effects of education Education

Author

Helen Keller

Source

Optimism

Medium

Essay

Language

English

Time

1903 1900s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Original Citation

Keller, Helen. Optimism. T. Y. Crowell and Company, 1903, pt. 2.

Current Citation

Keller, Helen. "Optimism." The World I Live In and Optimism: A Collection of Essays. Dover Publications, 2010, pt. 2.

The country is governed for the richest, for the corporations, the bankers, the land speculators, and for the exploiters of labour.

Helen Keller

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Topic

Political corruption Class conflict Politics

Author

Helen Keller

Source

Letters of Helen Keller

Medium

Letter

Language

English

Time

1911 1910s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Keller, Helen. Helen Keller: Selected Writings, edited by Kim E. Nielsen. New York University Press, 2005, pt. 2, ch. 16. Originally from Letter to an English-Woman-Suffragist published in The Manchester (England) Advertiser, 3 Mar. 1911.