The one resolution, which was in my mind long before it took the formof a resolution, is the key-note of my life. It is this, always toregard as mere impertinences of fate the handicaps which were placedupon my life almost at the beginning. I resolved that they shouldnot crush or dwarf my soul, but rather be made to blossom, likeAaron's rod, with flowers.-- Helen Keller (1880-1968) American Writer