In a flash I knew that the word was the name of the process that was going on in my head. This was my first conscious perception of an abstract idea. (Helen Keller)

In a flash I knew that the word was the name of the process that was going on in my head. This was my first conscious perception of an abstract idea.

Helen Keller

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