Chapter I: Front Matter

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THE DEAF

THEIR POSITION IN SOCIETY AND THE PROVISION FOR THEIR EDUCATION IN THE UNITED STATES

BY
HARRY BEST

NEW YORK
THOMAS Y. CROWELL COMPANY
PUBLISHERS

COPYRIGHT, 1914, BY HARRY BEST.

_Published April, 1914._

Transcriber's Note:

Minor typographical errors have been corrected without note.
Significant corrections have been listed at the end of the text. The
oe ligature has been transcribed as [oe].

TO

THE DEAF OF THE LAND

AND TO THOSE WHO LOVE THEM