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By Helen Keller
No pessimist ever discovered the secrets of the stars, or sailed to an uncharted land, or opened a new heaven to the human spirit.
- Source
- Optimism: An Essay, 1903 · Optimism: An Essay, 1903, p. 56
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- Internet Archive (Boston Public Library scan of the 1903 first edition, New York: T. Y. Crowell and Company)
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From Helen Keller's essay Optimism (New York: T. Y. Crowell and Company, 1903). This is the text of the first edition.