[Rarebooks] FS: Superb Lengthy SIGNED Helen Keller Letter

[Charles Agvent]

KELLER, Helen. TYPED LETTER SIGNED (TLS). Forest Hills, NY, 26 January 
1923. Superb four-page letter on two sets of adjoining sheets, 7-3/4" x 
9-1/2", of @900 words to a Mr. Green SIGNED in pencil by Keller. A 
lengthy letter offering advice to a group of students, in part: "You 
will readily understand that the task of reading hundreds of letters 
through the slow medium of the manual alphabet is no light one, and that 
my secretary uses her judgment as to those which shall be spelled out to 
me.... I wish I knew the right word of encouragement to say to my 
student-friends who are so soon to leave the carefully planned routine 
of their school days to begin their Great Adventure in a world where the 
unexpected is always happening.... For a time we hold fast to our ideals 
... most of us succumb to the fatal maladies of the present day, 
materialism and standardization. We surrender our individuality, our 
freedom, our aspirations, and retire within the walls of sanctioned 
opinion and comfortable habits. In course of time, we, in turn, become 
the respectable custodians of accepted creeds, institutions and 
traditions.... If we cannot harmonize the practical affairs of life with 
our highest youthful ideals, there are great disasters ahead of us.... 
The hope of humanity is in the young people who are now taking their 
places in the world's work.... You are part of the new hope of the 
world.... May the spirit of justice and liberty move you to great 
deeds." Faint creases from folding, paperclip impressions at top blank 
margin, few small stains on one page. About Fine. (#019166)        $2,000

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