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In conclusion I will say that above all things, pity is not what blind people need or want. A kind-hearted lady once said to me: "I wouldn't think of risking letting you tune my piano, but I just want you to know that you have my heart's sympathy." And I lost her heart's sympathy for a lifetime by asking her to take a day off some time and figure how many bushels of potatoes and how many tons of coal her pity would buy. A chance to learn and earn is what the blind of America ask and expect; and asking less, could the public consider them worthy the name of self-respecting American citizens?