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1、StoryofMyLifebyHelenKellerThisebookwasproducedbyC.Rainfield.Thisebookandmoreavailableathttp://www.CherylRainfield.comThisebookwaspreparedusingetextproducedbyProjectGutenberg,fromtheoriginaletextkelle10.txt.Thisebookversioncopyright©2003C.RainfieldAllRightsReservedPartI
2、.TheStoryofMyLifeChapterIItiswithakindoffearthatIbegintowritethehistoryofmylife.Ihave,asitwere,asuperstitioushesitationinliftingtheveilthatclingsaboutmychildhoodlikeagoldenmist.Thetaskofwritinganautobiographyisadifficultone.WhenItrytoclassifymyearliestimpressions,Ifind
3、thatfactandfancylookalikeacrosstheyearsthatlinkthepastwiththepresent.Thewomanpaintsthechild'sexperiencesinherownfantasy.Afewimpressionsstandoutvividlyfromthefirstyearsofmylife;but"theshadowsoftheprison-houseareontherest."Besides,manyofthejoysandsorrowsofchildhoodhavelo
4、sttheirpoignancy;andmanyincidentsofvitalimportanceinmyearlyeducationhavebeenforgottenintheexcitementofgreatdiscoveries.Inorder,therefore,nottobetediousIshalltrytopresentinaseriesofsketchesonlytheepisodesthatseemtometobethemostinterestingandimportant.IwasbornonJune27,18
5、80,inTuscumbia,alittletownofnorthernAlabama.Thefamilyonmyfather'ssideisdescendedfromCasparKeller,anativeofSwitzerland,whosettledinMaryland.OneofmySwissancestorswasthefirstteacherofthedeafinZurichandwroteabookonthesubjectoftheireducation--ratherasingularcoincidence;thou
6、ghitistruethatthereisnokingwhohasnothadaslaveamonghisancestors,andnoslavewhohasnothadakingamonghis.Mygrandfather,CasparKeller'sson,"entered"largetractsoflandinAlabamaandfinallysettledthere.IhavebeentoldthatonceayearhewentfromTuscumbiatoPhiladelphiaonhorsebacktopurchase
7、suppliesfortheplantation,andmyaunthasinherpossessionmanyoftheletterstohisfamily,whichgivecharmingandvividaccountsofthesetrips.MyGrandmotherKellerwasadaughterofoneofLafayette'saides,AlexanderMoore,andgranddaughterofAlexanderSpotswood,anearlyColonialGovernorofVirginia.Sh
8、ewasalsosecondcousintoRobertE.Lee.Myfather,ArthurH.Keller,wasacaptainintheConfederateArmy,andmymother,KateAdams,washi
