I left the well-house eager to learn. Everything had a name, and each…

I left the well-house eager to learn. Everything had a name, and each name gave birth to a new thought. As we returned to the house every object which I touched seemed to quiver with life. That was because I saw everything with the strange, new sight that had come to me.

Helen Keller1880–1968 · activist · 1800s-1900s USAHelen Keller became deaf and blind before she was two years old, but with the help of her teacher Anne Sullivan she learned to read, write, and speak.144 quotes

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What turned up: The Story of My Life, Part I, Chapter IV; Four complete consecutive sentences. Full ChapterIV read, describing her discovery of the connection between finger-spelled language and water. Keller’s autobiographical section, not Macy’s supplementary account or Sullivan’s letters. Public-domain text.
Work: The Story of My Life, Part I, Chapter IV
Sources checked: gutenberg.orgChecked using manual, 20 October 2026The Story of My Life, Part I, Chapter IV; Four complete consecutive sentences. Full ChapterIV read, describing her discovery of the connection between finger-spelled language and water. Keller’s autobiographical section, not Macy’s supplementary account or Sullivan’s letters. Public-domain text.