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THE SPIRIT OF COURAGE
"The few own the many because they possess the means of livelihood of all
 ... The country is governed for the richest, for the corporations, the bankers,
the land speculators, and for the exploiters of labor.
The majority of mankind are working people. So long as their fair demands
—the ownership and control of their livelihoods—are set at naught,
we can have neither men's rights nor women's rights.
The majority of mankind is ground down by industrial oppression in order that the small remnant may live in ease."
—Helen Keller, 1911
Born a normal Child Helen Adams Keller (June 27, 1880 – June 1, 1968) had an illness just after 19 Months on planet earth, left her Blind and Deaf. That did not stop the young woman as she went on to become A Prolific writer, an advocate and Lecturer. She was the first deafblind person to earn a Bachelor of Arts degree. The story of how Keller’s teacher, Anne Sullivan, broke through the isolation imposed by a near complete lack of language, allowing the girl to blossom as she learned to communicate, has become widely known through the dramatic depictions of the play and film “The Miracle worker” her Birthday June 27 is commemorated as Helen Keller Day in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania and was authorized at the federal level by presidential proclamation by president Jimmy Carter in 1980, the Anniversary of her 100th Birthday.

For her achievements, she was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom, one of United States’ two highest civilian honors by President Lyndon B. Johnson on September 14, 1964.  Keller was posthumously honored with a Hospital named after her in Sheffield, Alabama. There are streets named after her in Zurich, Switzerland, in Getafe, Spain, in Lod, Israel, in Lisbon, Portugal and in Caen, France. Keller was asked in her eighty fifth Birthday what can be worse than being blind and deaf? Her response “The only thing worse than being blind is having sight but no vision”

How many of those in positions of authority have a vision for themselves? If they do not have a vision for themselves, how can they have a vision for their Council Area, Constituency or State?



Her handicaps notwithstanding, she influenced her Generation and she will continue to be relevant to Generations unborn. What will you be remembered for? As Helen Keller rightly said “Alone we can do so little; together we can do so much” Join the Revolution for a Better Nigeria http://tinyurl.com/mpfuh2r

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