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So we go about our petty task, |
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hardly aware of our listless attitude towards life. |
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The same lethargy, |
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I am afraid, |
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characterizes the use of our faculties and senses. |
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Only the deaf appreciate hearing, |
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only the blind realize the manifold blessings that lie in sight. |
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Particularly does this observation apply to those who have lost sight and hearing in adult life. |
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But those who have never suffered impairment of sight or hearing |
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seldom make the fullest use of these blessed faculties. |
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Their eyes and ears take in all sights and sound hazily, |
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without concentration, |
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and with little appreciation. |
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It is the same old story of not being grateful |
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for what we conscious of health until we are ill. |
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I have often thought it would be a blessing |
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if each human being were stricken blind and deaf |
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for a few days at some time during his early adult life. |
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Darkness would make him more appreciative of sight; |
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silence would teach him the joys of sound. |