On the education of the imbecile / by Dora Greenwell.

  • Greenwell, Dora, 1821-1882.
Date:
1869
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Credit: On the education of the imbecile / by Dora Greenwell. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    succeeded in quickening their attention by drawing out the letters in phosphorus on the wall of a darkened room. Miracles of patience and of love such as these, and the kindred ones that have lately been brought to bear on the teaching of the deaf-mutes and the care of the insane, at once recall and fulfil a deep saying of our Saviour, when, alluding to His own beneficent works of healing and restora¬ tion, he says, ‘ Greater works than these shall ye do, because I go to my Father.’ To raise the dead was for God an easy task, but for a man it is surely a gigantic one; all things were possible to the Master—‘ Speak the word only, and thy servant shall be healed;’ but of the disciple, in a work like the present, it may be said truly, ‘that he has nothing to draw with, and the well is deep.’ None has gone before him on his path, and he has, as it were, to explore and make good each step he takes. IV. And if we ask to what good has this great cost been made, and inquire into the reward of so much devoted labour, the results which these reports and papers lay before us are indeed surprising. Their testimony as to the amount of good already done is uniform, and when we consider the great and real difficulties of the work, the statistics laid before us by the various reports we are con¬ sidering, English, Scotch, and American alike, the general impression is abundantly cheering. One and all speak of bad habits corrected, of health and morals improved, of many children who were a positive burden to their family being now able to maintain, or partially maintain, them