Helen Keller, "To Eugene V. Debs", New York Call, April 29, 1919. Reprinted in Philip Sheldon Foner, (ed.), Helen Keller, her Socialist years: writings and speeches. International Publishers, 1967.
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You dear comrade! I have long loved you because you are an apostle of brotherhood and freedom. For years I have thought of you as a dauntless explorer going towards the dawn; and, like a humble adventurer, I have followed in the trail of your footsteps. From time to time the greetings that have come back to me from you have made me very happy; and now I reach out my hand and clasp yours through prison bars.

— Helen Keller on Eugene V. Debs

What It Means

This is a placeholder explanation generated by the low-overhead model. It interprets "You dear comrade! I have long loved you because you are an apostle of brotherhood and freedom. For years I have thought of you as a dauntless explorer going towards the dawn; and, like a humble adventurer, I have followed in the trail of your footsteps. From time to time the greetings that have come back to me from you have made me very happy; and now I reach out my hand and clasp yours through prison bars." in the context of "Helen Keller, "To Eugene V. Debs", New York Call, April 29, 1919. Reprinted in Philip Sheldon Foner, (ed.), Helen Keller, her Socialist years: writings and speeches. International Publishers, 1967." 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.