<div style="white-space:pre-wrap">We can read books on  blindness once in a while but that was not my intent fir the book club. </div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr">On Mon, Nov 21, 2016 at 10:54 PM Sandra Streeter via CT-NFB <<a href="mailto:ct-nfb@nfbnet.org">ct-nfb@nfbnet.org</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
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<div class="gmail_msg">I would be less inclined to join if the sole focus were books on blindness 
empowerment. As with my faith, I believe that we even need to apply NFB 
philosophy more intrinsically and further, to the point where, by reading, say, 
“Tom Sawyer,” we unobtrusively but definitely prove to the sighted public that 
we, as blind folks, are not in a “blind world,” that we relate to a boy palming 
off his whitewashing job to unsuspecting friends—that, blind or not, maybe we 
did the same mischief as kids... There’s a saying purported to be from St. 
Francis, that I love: “Preach the Gospel at all times; when necessary, use 
words.” Just something to chew on...</div>
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<div style="FONT-SIZE:12pt;FONT-FAMILY:'Calibri';COLOR:#000000" class="gmail_msg">Sandra<br class="gmail_msg"><br class="gmail_msg">Not 
“Revelation” – tis – that waits<br class="gmail_msg">But our unfurnished eyes –<br class="gmail_msg">(Emily 
Dickinson)</div></div></div>
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