[*"I long to accomplish a great and noble task; but it is my chief duty and joy to accomplish humble tasks as though they were great and noble."*](http://www.quotes.net/quote/42216) [***Helen Keller »***](http://www.quotes.net/authors/Helen%20Keller) United States lecturer and writer who was blind and deaf from the age of 19 months; Anne Sullivan taught her to read and write and speak; Helen Keller graduated from college and went on to champion the cause of blind and deaf people (1880-1968)