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700 She was formerly a member of the Massachusetts Commission for the Blind, and is a member of advisory boards for the various societies for the blind and deaf. She has contributed articles in the Century Magazine, Youth's Companion, and has written "The Story of My Life" and "The World I Live In," etc.

Miss Keller stands forth as a shining example of overcoming almost insurmountable obstacles. To-day she is a well-educated, keen-minded, cultured woman, equally enthusiastic over a walk in the woods or a sail on the water as over the treasures of Homer and Shakespeare. She converses in two or three languages, and writes as many more. She counts among her friends the most eminent contributors to the intellectual life of the day, and her own literary efforts compare favorably with those of women possessed of all their faculties.

In the face of what she has had to overcome Miss Keller's achievements are marvelous. She is one of the most remarkable American women of our day.