Author Description

Excerpt from The Blind-Deaf: Supplement; Additions to a Monograph Published 1904 And when Eva Halliday, raised on signs, is rather more uent than Linnie, and as all the Fanwood blind deaf, most skilful sign-readers, are very much more uent than Linnie, the damage doesn't exist. It is possible that there may be some who do not believe that the blind - deaf can read signs. If such doubters really want to know the facts, let them shut their eyes, take hold lightly of a sign-maker's arms, and see how readily they read the signs made by the other. If the doubter is not versed in signs, let him, or her, get sign-makers and readers to try it for a demonstration. How this happens, is ludicrously simple when we think on it. A sign-maker does not see his signs; he just goes through the motions; when he has hold of a sign-maker's arms, with his own eyes shut, does he not feel the motion of his own arms and thereby recognize the signs? About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.