J. B., a blind boy, had an acquaintance, a girl, who was stone deaf. He was at a loss to know which he should prefer if he had his choice, blindness or deafness. After a little while he said to his uncle, “I’ve now decided which! I should prefer deafness. Why?
I could then see my mother’s face, and see her lips! “She was the dearest object he had on earth, and had never seen her!