...who was born blind and afterwards brought to sight. "The room he was in", he said, "he knew must be part of the house, yet he could not conceive that the whole house could look bigger than that one room." So our new Christian experience only slowly realizes that it is but one part of...

...roundness." Learning to see becomes a drama. Here is a doctor's report: The room he was in.. .he knew to be part of the house, yet he could not conceive that the whole house could look bigger. Those who are blind from birth...have no real conception of height or distance. A house that is a mile...

...room, saying, it should have seemed as impossible for him, as to put a bushel of anything into a pint. At first he could bear but very little light, and...not conceive that the whole house could look bigger. Before he was couched, he expected little advantage from seeing, worth undergoing an operation for,...

...Things he saw, he thought extreamly large; but upon seeing Things larger, those first seen he conceiv'd less, never being able to imagine any Lines beyond...not conceive that the whole House could look bigger. Before he was couch'd, he expected little Advantage from Seeing, worth undergoing an Operation for,...

...apart." Other doctors reported their patients' own statements to similar effect. "The room he was in ... he knew to be but part of the house, yet he could...conceive that the whole house could look bigger"; "Those who are blind from birth . . . have no real conception of height or distance. A house that is...

...a pint. At first, he could bear but very little light, and the things he saw, he thought extreamly large; but upon seeing things larger, those first...not conceive that the whole house could look bigger. He knew not the shape of any thing, nor any one thing from another, however different in shape, or...

...a pint. At first, he could bear but very little light, and the things he saw, he thought extreamly large; but upon seeing things larger, those first...not conceive that the whole house could look bigger. He knew not the shape of any thing, nor any one thing from another, however different in shape, or...

...room ; saying it seemed as impossible to him, as to put a bushel of anything into a pint. At first, the things he saw he thought extremely large ; but...not conceive that the whole house could look bigger. I have couched several others," adds Mr. Cheselden, " who were born blind, whose observations were...

...imagine any lines beyond the bounds he saw ; the room he was in, he said, he knew to lic but nnii of lho house, yet he could not conceive that the whole house could look bigger. Before he was couch'd he expected little advantage from seeing, worth undergoing an operation for,...