We have flattered ourselves by inventing proverbs of compar… - Helen Hunt Jackson

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We have flattered ourselves by inventing proverbs of comparison in matter of blindness,—"blind as a bat," for instance. It would be safe to say that there cannot be found in the animal kingdom a bat, or any other creature, so blind in its own range of circumstance and connection, as the greater majority of human beings are in the bosoms of their families.

Helen Hunt Jackson

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Helen Maria (Fiske) Hunt Jackson (October 18, 1830 – August 12, 1885) was an American writer best known as the author of Ramona, a novel about the ill treatment of Native Americans in southern California.

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Birth Name: Helen Maria Fiske

Alternative Names: Helen Maria Fiske Hunt Jackson • H. H. Jackson • H.H • Helen Maria Fiske Jackson • Helen Maria Hunt • Helen Maria Hunt Jackson • Helen Hunt

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Father, I scarcely dare to pray,
So clear I see, now it is done,
That I have wasted half my day,
And left my work but just begun.

Like a blind spinner in the sun,
I tread my days;
I know that all the threads will run
Appointed ways;
I know each day will bring its task,
And, being blind, no more I ask.

Bee to the blossom, moth to the flame;
Each to his passion; what's in a name?

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