SIR A. PEARSON FOR FRANCE.
3ir Arthur Pearson, whose work for 'blinded heroes ha,s been so successful and whose own sight has failed, has left England for a visit to. the front, '
“Some people who have spoken to me on the matter seem amused ” he said, “I have quite felt -.them smiling, bu/t I, Think I .shall .gather as much of I am allowed to sco a.s others. Lots of people see without perceivings,' 1 Blind people loam To- perceive., without seeing. I spend nearly nil my time with officers and men from the firing line, -and I feel that I shall be able to get mentally closer to them if I can enter intelligently into the stirring experiences through which they have passed.”- ?
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Waimate Daily Advertiser, Volume XVII, Issue 674, 28 August 1917, Page 4
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124SIR A. PEARSON FOR FRANCE. Waimate Daily Advertiser, Volume XVII, Issue 674, 28 August 1917, Page 4
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