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My teacher is so near to me that I scarcely think of myself apart from her. How much of my delight in all beautiful things is innate and how much is due to her influence I can never tell. I feel that her being is inseparable from my own and that the footsteps of my life are in hers. All the best of me belongs to her-there is not a talent, or an aspiration or a joy in me that has not been awakened by her loving touch.

What a testament to finding joy and hope, in the most trying circumstances. And what a poetic, beautiful, expressive mind Hellen had! She was so warm and affectionate with all of her friends and family.