A 1904 H.G. Wells short story, “Country of the Blind“, questioned the old proverb “In the country of the blind, the one-eyed man is king.” In the story, a sighted man stumbles into a long isolated mountain valley where where everyone has been blind for generations, and have adapted their social customs and other senses to being blind. This new man assumes he will soon be king, but to the locals he
Do One-Eyed Rule Blind?
Do One-Eyed Rule Blind?
Do One-Eyed Rule Blind?
A 1904 H.G. Wells short story, “Country of the Blind“, questioned the old proverb “In the country of the blind, the one-eyed man is king.” In the story, a sighted man stumbles into a long isolated mountain valley where where everyone has been blind for generations, and have adapted their social customs and other senses to being blind. This new man assumes he will soon be king, but to the locals he
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