My Religion (1927); later expanded and edited as Light in My Darkness (1995; 2000), Ch 6
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Self-culture has been loudly and boastfully proclaimed as sufficient for all our ideals of perfection. But if we listen to the best men and women everywhere ... they will say that science may have found a cure for most evils; but it has found no remedy for the worst of them all — the apathy of human beings.

— Helen Keller

What It Means

This is a placeholder explanation generated by the low-overhead model. It interprets "Self-culture has been loudly and boastfully proclaimed as sufficient for all our ideals of perfection. But if we listen to the best men and women everywhere ... they will say that science may have found a cure for most evils; but it has found no remedy for the worst of them all — the apathy of human beings." in the context of "My Religion (1927); later expanded and edited as Light in My Darkness (1995; 2000), Ch 6" to mean that wisdom is timeless.

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Helen Keller

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.