A golden flame rises from cupped stone hands against an orange sunset and dark clouds.

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Helen Keller

… my soul stood erect, exultant, envisioning a new world where the light of justice for every individual will be unclouded.

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Keller writes of feeling her soul stand tall and joyful. She imagines a world where justice reaches everyone and nothing dims its light. It's a hopeful, wonderfully uplifting vision, written to Eleanor Roosevelt in 1948.

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