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THE
21848
LECTURES
DELIVERED BEFORE THE
AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF INSTRUCTION,
IN
BOSTON, AUGUST, 1836.
INCLUDING
THE JOURNAL OF PROCEEDINGS,
AND
A LIST OF THE OFFICERS.
PUBLISHED UNDER THE DIRECTION OF THE BOARD OF CENSORS.
BOSTON:
AMERICAN STATIONERS' COMPANY.
1837.
WILLIAM S. DAMRELL, Printer,
39 Washington Street.
ON THE EDUCATION OF THE BLIND. By SAMUEL G. HOWE,
M. D.,.. . . . .
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Language inadequate to express thought, 3-consideration of blindness, 3-
how it is viewed by the infidel, 4-the apparent imperfections of nature's
works do not exist alone that man may lament them, 4-inequality among
created things, 5-the brain should be acted upon by the external senses,
are all the organs of sense necessary? 6-what compensation can be made for
the loss of any one? 6—the external senses modified in as many ways as there
are individuals, 7-value of statistical details, 7-blindness more frequent in
the equatorial regions, 8-suggestions by which the extent of blindness may
be limited, 9-blindness hereditary, 10-all should assist in the education of
the blind, 10-the blind more fond of social relations than those who see, 11
the neglect of our physical nature a defect in education, 12-common cause of
consumption, 13-means of educating the blind, 14-the proper aim of edu-
cation, 14-difficulties to encounter in the education of the blind, 15-much
depends upon the early education of the senses, 16-facts respecting the blind,
16-blind children should be thrown upon their own physical resources, 18-
the sense of dependence and inferiority an evil in the education of the blind,
19-to teach the blind is an easy thing, 20-how to teach them geography, 21
-manner of teaching at the Institution for the Blind in Boston, 22-blindness
not a cause of unhappiness, 24-their claim upon society clear and indisputa-
ble, 25.