Part III: A Supplementary Account of Helen Keller
CHAPTERI.
TheWritingoftheBookItisfittingthatMissKellers"StoryofMyLife"shouldappearatthistime.Whatisremarkableinhercareerisalreadyaplished,andwhatevershemaydoiurewillbebutarelativelyslightadditiontothesuccesswhichdistinguisheshernow.Thatsuccesshasjustbeenassured,foritisherworkatRadcliffeduritwoyearswhichhasshownthatshecarryhereducationasfarasifshewerestudyingundernormalditions.WhateverdoubtsMissKellerherselfmayhavehadarenowatrest.
Severalpassagesofherautobiography,asitappearedinserialform,havebeehesubjectofagraveeditorialinaBostonneer,inwhichthewriterregrettedMissKellersapparentdisillusioinregardtothevalueofhercollegelife.Hequotedthepassagesinwhichsheexplainsthatcollegeisnotthe"universalAthens"shehadhopedtofind,andcitedthecasesofotherremarkablepersonswhosecollegelifehadproveddisappointing.ButitistoberememberedthatMissKellerhaswrittenmanythingsiobiographyforthefunofwritingthem,andthedisillusion,whichthewriteroftheeditorialtookseriously,isiparthumorous.MissKellerdoesnotsupposeherviewstobeofgreatimportandwheersheropinionsonimportantmattersshetakesitfrahatherreaderwillreceivethemastheopinionsofajuniorincollege,notofonewhowriteswiththewisdomofmaturity.ForinstasurprisedherthatsomepeoplewereawhatshesaidabouttheBible,andshewasamusedthattheydidnotsee,whatlainenough,thatshehadbeenobligedtoreadthewholeBibleinacourseinEnglishliterature,notasareligiousdutyputuponherbyherteacherorherparents.
IoughttoapologizetothereaderandtoMissKellerforpresumingtosaywhathersubjectmatterisworth,butonemoreexplanationisnecessary.InheratofherearlyeduissKellerisnotgivingastificallyaccuraterecordofherlife,norevenoftheimportas.Sheotknowiailhowshewastaught,andhermemoryofherchildhoodisinsomecasesanidealizedmemoryofwhatshehaslearerfromherteacherandothers.Sheislessabletorecalleventsoffifteenyearsagothanmostofusaretorecollectourchildhood.ThatiswhyherteachersreaybefoundtodifferiicularsfromMissKellersat.
ThewayinwhichMissKellerwroteherstoryshows,asnothingelseshow,thedifficultiesshehadtoovere.rite,wegobackoverourwork,shufflethepages,interline,rearrange,seehowtheparagraphslookinproof,andsostructthewholeworkbeforetheeye,asanarchitestructshisplans.
WhenMissKellerputsherworkitenform,sheotrefertoitagainunlesssomeonereadsittoherbymeansofthemanualalphabet.
Thisdifficultyisinpartobviatedbytheuseofherbraillemae,whichmakesamanuscriptthatsheread;butasherworkmustbeputultimatelyitenform,andasabraillemaeissomewhatcumbersome,shehasgotintothehabitofwritingdirectlyoypewriter.Shedependssolittleonherbraillemanuscript,that,whenshebegantowriteherstorymorethanayearagoandhadputinbrailleahundredpagesofmaterialandnotes,shemadethemistakeofdestroyingthesenotesbeforeshehadfinishedhermanuscript.Thussheuchofherstoryoypewriter,andinstrugitasawholedependedonhermemuideherinputtingtogetherthedetachedepisodes,whichMissSullivanreadovertoher.
LastJuly,whenshehadfinishedundergreatpressureofworkherfinalchapter,shesettoworktorewritethewholestory.Hergoodfriend,Mr.WilliamWade,hadapletebrailleadeforherfromthemagazineproofs.Thenforthefirsttimeshehadherwholemanuscriptunderherfionce.Shesawimperfesinthearraraphsandtherepetitionofphrases.Shesaw,too,thatherstoryproperlyfellintoshortchaptersandredividedit.
Partlyfromtemperament,partlyfromtheditionsofherwork,shehaswrittenratheraseriesofbrilliantpassagesthanaunifiednarrative;inpointoffact,severalparagraphsofherstoryareshortthemeswritteninherEnglishcourses,andthesmallunitsometimesshowsitsinallimits.
Iiory,MissKellermadecorresonseparatepagesonherbraillemae.Longcorresshewroteoutoypewriter,withcatch-wordstoindicatewheretheybelohenshereadfromherbraillecopytheeory,makingcorresassheread,whichweretakendownonthemanuscriptthatwenttotheprinter.Duringthisrevisionshediscussedquestionsofsubjectmatterandphrasing.Shesatrunningherfingeroverthebraillemanuscript,stoppingnowaorefertothebraillenotesonwhichshehadindicatedhercorres,allthetimereadingaloudtoverifythemanuscript.
Shelisteocriticismjustasanyauthorlistenstohisfriendsorhiseditor.MissSullivan,whoisanexcellentcritic,madesuggestionsatmanypointsinthecourseofpositionandrevision.OneneersuggestedthatMissKellerhadbeeowritingthebookandhadbeeninflueoputcertainthingsintoitbyzealousfriends.Asamatteroffact,mostoftheadviceshehasreceivedandheededhasledtoexcisionsratherthantoadditions.ThebookisMissKellersandisfinalproofofherindepepower.松语文学www.16sy.coM免费小说阅读
TheWritingoftheBookItisfittingthatMissKellers"StoryofMyLife"shouldappearatthistime.Whatisremarkableinhercareerisalreadyaplished,andwhatevershemaydoiurewillbebutarelativelyslightadditiontothesuccesswhichdistinguisheshernow.Thatsuccesshasjustbeenassured,foritisherworkatRadcliffeduritwoyearswhichhasshownthatshecarryhereducationasfarasifshewerestudyingundernormalditions.WhateverdoubtsMissKellerherselfmayhavehadarenowatrest.
Severalpassagesofherautobiography,asitappearedinserialform,havebeehesubjectofagraveeditorialinaBostonneer,inwhichthewriterregrettedMissKellersapparentdisillusioinregardtothevalueofhercollegelife.Hequotedthepassagesinwhichsheexplainsthatcollegeisnotthe"universalAthens"shehadhopedtofind,andcitedthecasesofotherremarkablepersonswhosecollegelifehadproveddisappointing.ButitistoberememberedthatMissKellerhaswrittenmanythingsiobiographyforthefunofwritingthem,andthedisillusion,whichthewriteroftheeditorialtookseriously,isiparthumorous.MissKellerdoesnotsupposeherviewstobeofgreatimportandwheersheropinionsonimportantmattersshetakesitfrahatherreaderwillreceivethemastheopinionsofajuniorincollege,notofonewhowriteswiththewisdomofmaturity.ForinstasurprisedherthatsomepeoplewereawhatshesaidabouttheBible,andshewasamusedthattheydidnotsee,whatlainenough,thatshehadbeenobligedtoreadthewholeBibleinacourseinEnglishliterature,notasareligiousdutyputuponherbyherteacherorherparents.
IoughttoapologizetothereaderandtoMissKellerforpresumingtosaywhathersubjectmatterisworth,butonemoreexplanationisnecessary.InheratofherearlyeduissKellerisnotgivingastificallyaccuraterecordofherlife,norevenoftheimportas.Sheotknowiailhowshewastaught,andhermemoryofherchildhoodisinsomecasesanidealizedmemoryofwhatshehaslearerfromherteacherandothers.Sheislessabletorecalleventsoffifteenyearsagothanmostofusaretorecollectourchildhood.ThatiswhyherteachersreaybefoundtodifferiicularsfromMissKellersat.
ThewayinwhichMissKellerwroteherstoryshows,asnothingelseshow,thedifficultiesshehadtoovere.rite,wegobackoverourwork,shufflethepages,interline,rearrange,seehowtheparagraphslookinproof,andsostructthewholeworkbeforetheeye,asanarchitestructshisplans.
WhenMissKellerputsherworkitenform,sheotrefertoitagainunlesssomeonereadsittoherbymeansofthemanualalphabet.
Thisdifficultyisinpartobviatedbytheuseofherbraillemae,whichmakesamanuscriptthatsheread;butasherworkmustbeputultimatelyitenform,andasabraillemaeissomewhatcumbersome,shehasgotintothehabitofwritingdirectlyoypewriter.Shedependssolittleonherbraillemanuscript,that,whenshebegantowriteherstorymorethanayearagoandhadputinbrailleahundredpagesofmaterialandnotes,shemadethemistakeofdestroyingthesenotesbeforeshehadfinishedhermanuscript.Thussheuchofherstoryoypewriter,andinstrugitasawholedependedonhermemuideherinputtingtogetherthedetachedepisodes,whichMissSullivanreadovertoher.
LastJuly,whenshehadfinishedundergreatpressureofworkherfinalchapter,shesettoworktorewritethewholestory.Hergoodfriend,Mr.WilliamWade,hadapletebrailleadeforherfromthemagazineproofs.Thenforthefirsttimeshehadherwholemanuscriptunderherfionce.Shesawimperfesinthearraraphsandtherepetitionofphrases.Shesaw,too,thatherstoryproperlyfellintoshortchaptersandredividedit.
Partlyfromtemperament,partlyfromtheditionsofherwork,shehaswrittenratheraseriesofbrilliantpassagesthanaunifiednarrative;inpointoffact,severalparagraphsofherstoryareshortthemeswritteninherEnglishcourses,andthesmallunitsometimesshowsitsinallimits.
Iiory,MissKellermadecorresonseparatepagesonherbraillemae.Longcorresshewroteoutoypewriter,withcatch-wordstoindicatewheretheybelohenshereadfromherbraillecopytheeory,makingcorresassheread,whichweretakendownonthemanuscriptthatwenttotheprinter.Duringthisrevisionshediscussedquestionsofsubjectmatterandphrasing.Shesatrunningherfingeroverthebraillemanuscript,stoppingnowaorefertothebraillenotesonwhichshehadindicatedhercorres,allthetimereadingaloudtoverifythemanuscript.
Shelisteocriticismjustasanyauthorlistenstohisfriendsorhiseditor.MissSullivan,whoisanexcellentcritic,madesuggestionsatmanypointsinthecourseofpositionandrevision.OneneersuggestedthatMissKellerhadbeeowritingthebookandhadbeeninflueoputcertainthingsintoitbyzealousfriends.Asamatteroffact,mostoftheadviceshehasreceivedandheededhasledtoexcisionsratherthantoadditions.ThebookisMissKellersandisfinalproofofherindepepower.松语文学www.16sy.coM免费小说阅读
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