A BLIND SOLDIER'S OPTIMISM.
EX-OTAGO REPRESENTATIVE FOOTBALLER. (SPECIAL TO "THE PRESS.") DUNEDIN,,JuIy 23. The following letter, written to a friend in Dunedin by Corporal Georgo Scott, will be read with interest. Scott will be remembered by many for hia sarviccs to Otago as full-back in keen-ly-fought interprovincial matches against Canterbuiy:— "St. Dunstgn's, Regent Park, May 28th, 1918. —I have much pleasure in writing you a few linos, a& a bi nd man, to give you ah idoa that wo are taught everything possible to b: ing us equal to a sighted person. I am learning poultry farming, carpentry, and the Braille system. Tho latter is taught us so that we shall bo able to read books. It may seem strange to you, but it is true. I am also learning the typewriter, to ba able to do my own correspondence, so you can see that we are not down in. the world. I took it very sore for a start to be bl : nd, but when I got to this blind institution it gave me back all I had. I will be well off, if not bettor than before, as I will provo to you when I got back. Thero are worse things than being Wind, and I got it for a gcod cause. lam getting married on Saturday, Juno Ist."
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Press, Volume LIV, Issue 16272, 24 July 1918, Page 6
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