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whom he married about three years since ; an amiable young woman , also a
mute , of the New York Institution . Some eight years ago , he published a volume
of “ Tales of the Deaf and Dumb , with Miscellaneous Poems , ” which was well ...
whom he married about three years since ; an amiable young woman , also a
mute , of the New York Institution . Some eight years ago , he published a volume
of “ Tales of the Deaf and Dumb , with Miscellaneous Poems , ” which was well ...
Page 271
We need not expatiate on the sad condition of a deaf mute , abandoned to thread
the mazes of this vale of tears , unaided , insoothed , unenlightened ; for the
public mind is , on this point , rather prone to exaggerate than otherwise .
We need not expatiate on the sad condition of a deaf mute , abandoned to thread
the mazes of this vale of tears , unaided , insoothed , unenlightened ; for the
public mind is , on this point , rather prone to exaggerate than otherwise .
Page 273
To those familiar , from personal experience , with the mental and moral condition
of an uneducated and neglected deaf mute , a very moderate degree of success
seems almost miraculous ; while those who measure the acquisitions of much ...
To those familiar , from personal experience , with the mental and moral condition
of an uneducated and neglected deaf mute , a very moderate degree of success
seems almost miraculous ; while those who measure the acquisitions of much ...
Page 275
We shall presently recur again to the idea of a deaf - mute community , which we
have introduced in this place to enable the ... as we have just supposed , would ,
in consequence of that ability , have no advantage whatever over a deaf mute .
We shall presently recur again to the idea of a deaf - mute community , which we
have introduced in this place to enable the ... as we have just supposed , would ,
in consequence of that ability , have no advantage whatever over a deaf mute .
Page 276
... and seclusion , or influenced by a desire to magnify their own success , have
lent the sanction of their names to opinions degrading their uninstructed fellow -
man to the level of the brutes that perish . It is certain that the deaf mute receives
a ...
... and seclusion , or influenced by a desire to magnify their own success , have
lent the sanction of their names to opinions degrading their uninstructed fellow -
man to the level of the brutes that perish . It is certain that the deaf mute receives
a ...
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