There can be no doubt about the valuable service rendered by the Central Library for the Blind dure ing the 23 years of its cxistense, Numerous blind scientists hav@ been enabled, to keep abreast of the Progress made in their respectivg domains, and numerous students, including those of musie, have found it fa valuable in connection with their studies, Beyond that, howe ever, it has been of great benefit, to. the propagation of general [education among the blind, because—as the shead bf the institution emphasizes—the spread of knows edge among'the blind,' beth for its own sake and as an aid to profes: sional training, would be unthinks able without the use of books specially adapted for the needs of, these unfortunate people. The very fact that there are certain facilities open to them for their intellectual work tends to make them acquicsed more readily in their fate and to relieve their misfortune of some 08 its bitterness,
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