Springboard.

From: Re:view | Date: March 22, 2005 | Copyright information

Good ideas work regardless of their sophistication, their simplicity, or even their age. Being around a long time does not make an idea obsolete. As the writer Jean Paul Richter said, "Age does not matter if the matter does not age."

Case in point: In 1853, at the first convention of the leaders of our profession, the assembly passed two resolutions. The first one created a "periodical expressly devoted to the advancement of Education among the Blind." The second one requested that "the instructors and pupils in all existing institutions for the Blind be invited to contribute ...

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