"No history of the world can be complete which does not mention Mary Helen Keller... whose overcoming of her blindness and deafness were arguably victories more important than those of Alexander the Great, because they have implications still for every living person."
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Historians from EnglandPhilosophers from the United KingdomUniversity of Oxford facultyUniversity of Oxford alumniFellows of the Royal Society of Literature
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This quote seems to obviously refer to Helen Adams Keller, but why she is referred to as "Mary Helen Keller" is not clear.
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