Helen Keller, trapped in a hotel during the Cleveland blizzard, after having completed a public lecture, p 168.
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I knew it was storming before I was told. The rooms, the corridors, everywhere within this building vibrates with the power of the storm outside. The storm waves, like sound waves or the waves of the wireless, will not be denied by stone walls and plate glass windows.
— Helen Keller on Great Lakes Storm of 1913
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This is a placeholder explanation generated by the low-overhead model. It interprets "I knew it was storming before I was told. The rooms, the corridors, everywhere within this building vibrates with the power of the storm outside. The storm waves, like sound waves or the waves of the wireless, will not be denied by stone walls and plate glass windows." in the context of "Helen Keller, trapped in a hotel during the Cleveland blizzard, after having completed a public lecture, p 168." to mean that wisdom is timeless.
Source: Wikiquote: "Great Lakes Storm of 1913" (Quotes, White Hurricane: A Great Lakes November Gale and America's Deadliest Maritime Disaster (2002): Brown, David G. (2002). White Hurricane: A Great Lakes November Gale and America's Deadliest Maritime Disaster. International Marine / McGraw-Hill. .)
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About Helen Keller
Helen Adams Keller (June 27, 1880 – June 1, 1968) was an American writer and social activist; an illness (possibly scarlet fever or meningitis) at the age of 19 months left her deaf and blind.
About Helen Keller
Helen Adams Keller (June 27, 1880 – June 1, 1968) was an American writer and social activist; an illness (possibly scarlet fever or meningitis) at the age of 19 months left her deaf and blind.
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