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A Brief Narrative Of The Life Of Mrs. Adele M. Jewel, (Being Deaf And Dumb.)
During my stay at Flint I was taken with inflammation in my eyes, causing me great suffering and destroying the sight of one. My health became poor, and I was obliged to withdraw from the school. I resigned my place with much regret, as I still felt greatly deficient in useful knowledge. The loss of my sight is a great loss to me, still I am thankful for the blessings I do enjoy; for though poor and with slender means of support. I have laid up my treasures in Heaven; looking forward to that glorious time when the mute tongue shall burst forth in strains of love and praise to its Creator in a world of peace and joy. When the lame can walk, the blind shall see, the deaf hear, and the dumb shall speak....
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Title: A Brief Narrative Of The Life Of Mrs. Adele M. Jewel, (Being Deaf And Dumb.)
Creator: Adele M. Jewel (author)
Date: 1869
Format: Book
Publisher: Dr. Chase's Steam Printing House, Ann Arbor, Michigan
Source: Gallaudet University Archives
Keywords: Adele M. Jewel; Autobiography; Benevolence; Children; Deaf; Death; Disease; Economics; Education; Educational Institutions; Family; Michigan; New York; Niagara Falls, NY; Poetry; Poverty; Religion; Schools; Sensory Disability; Sign Language; Social Welfare & Communities
Topics: Mass Media, Culture & The Arts


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