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Article: Credo ascribed to certain masters of the art of teaching blind people.
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- March 22, 2005
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I hold the art of teaching blind people how to perform without sight among the highest callings which a human being may answer with his life. If at any time, through my own infirmity, or to fill a power vacuum, the day comes when I must become a mere executive, supervisor or administrator, I will remember that, no matter how it seems to the worldly, the true apex of work for the blind is personal service in direct contact with blind people, and that all organized work for the blind has no other end but this, as fully and well-performed as available knowledge permits.
During the years when it is my privilege to practice the art, I will do my uttermost, not only to ...