In August 1914, Arthur Pearson, a newspaper magnate and founder of
the "Daily Express," learned of a Belgian soldier who was
languishing in a London hospital. The man had been blinded by a
rifle bullet during the siege of Liege, and Pearson felt sympathy
for the man, having himself been blinded by glaucoma. He resolved
to work to prevent blinded Allied servicemen from returning home,
only to slip into "hopeless and useless lives." He therefore opened
St. Dunstan's in 1915, a hostel where returning soldiers could
"learn to be blind," where they were taught Braille and a trade,
equipping them to re-enter the world as useful and self-respecting
citizens. When Pearson died in 1921, no less than 1,800 St.
Dunstaners attended his funeral." "Here is the biography of an
extraordinary man who refused to consider blindness an affliction,
but rather a handicap which could be overcome. His charitable work
has continued long after his passing.
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