The American encyclopedia and dictionary of ophthalmology Edited by Casey AWood, assisted by a large staff of collaborators . a man named Yalindin hadcollected a group of blind men whom he had dressed in a fantasticway, and who by making sport for the crowd, attracted patrons tohis cafe. The men wore long pointed hats. On their noses werehuge paste-board spectacles without glasses. Behind their leaderthe expanded tail of a peacock and on his head the head-dress ofMidas. Placed before a desk on which were music and lights theyexecuted a monotonous chant in which the tenor, basses, and violinsal
The American encyclopedia and dictionary of ophthalmology Edited by Casey AWood, assisted by a large staff of collaborators . a man named Yalindin hadcollected a group of blind men whom he had dressed in a fantasticway, and who by making sport for the crowd, attracted patrons tohis cafe. The men wore long pointed hats. On their noses werehuge paste-board spectacles without glasses. Behind their leaderthe expanded tail of a peacock and on his head the head-dress ofMidas. Placed before a desk on which were music and lights theyexecuted a monotonous chant in which the tenor, basses, and violinsall took the same part. Haliy was profoundly moved by this sight. That men, strongand able-bodied, should be reduced by the loss of sight to the neces-sity of earning their bread by making a ridiculous spectacle ofthemselves, as the, only alternative of beggary, touched him deeply,and the more so when he saw that their condition did not appeal tothe pity of the populace. The isolation and loneliness in which thesemen must live came to him so strongly that he was roused to devote ALPHABETS AND LITERATURE FOR THE BLIND 2ol. Gr\m) conclkt 1).\\ L__ A Fair at tSt. 252 ALPHABETS AND LITERATURE FOR THE BLIND his own sight and his OAvn strength to ameliorate their pitiable con-dition. His first thought was if only they could read music andmake harmony instead of the horrible discordant sounds that nowoffend the ear! and with the thought came the determination thathe would teach them to do so. Yes/ he said, I shall substitute the truth for this mockingparody. I shall make the blind to read. I shall put in their handsvolumes printed by themselves. They shall trace the characters andshall read their own writing, and they shall be enabled to executeharmonious concerts. y Specimen of Type Used at the Paris Institute. More than ten years passed diuing which Haiiy, with a sense ofthe practical rare with enthusiasts, gathered a few blind peopleabout him and devot
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