Project Gutenberg 2016-06-12 Public domain in the USA. 234 Holt, Winifred 1870 1945 Bryce, James Bryce, Viscount 1838 1922 Bryce, Viscount 14030983 A Beacon for the Blind: Being a Life of Henry Fawcett, the Blind Postmaster-General E-text prepared by Richard Hulse, Elizabeth Oscanyan, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team (http://www.pgdp.net) from page images generously made available by Internet Archive (https://archive.org) "A Beacon for the Blind: Being a Life of Henry Fawcett, the Blind Postmaster-General" by Winifred Holt is a biographical account written in the early 20th century. The book chronicles the inspiring life of Henry Fawcett, a man who overcame his blindness to become a prominent political figure and postmaster-general in England. It explores his resilience, personal challenges, and contributions to society, aiming to highlight the power of the human spirit in facing adversity. The opening of the narrative sets the stage for Fawcett’s life story by detailing the circumstances of his birth and early influences. It introduces readers to his father, William Fawcett, a passionate reformer and mayor of Salisbury, who laid a foundational ethos of public service and political activism. The narrative unfolds with Fawcett's childhood experiences, showcasing his initial curiosity and intelligence, which foreshadow his later intellectual pursuits. The introduction captures the essence of Fawcett's journey, detailing his gradual rise in political circles, his love for nature, and his growing ambitions, all while subtly hinting at the challenges that blindness would later impose on his life. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 67.6 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read. en Fawcett, Henry, 1833-1884 DA Text Category: Biographies Category: History - British 647835 2025-07-21T04:55:41.274086 text/html 606632 2024-10-23T00:43:13 text/html 1479756 2025-07-21T04:55:53.074021 application/epub+zip 1475720 2025-07-21T04:55:43.840020 application/epub+zip 334467 2025-07-21T04:55:42.637018 application/epub+zip 1636036 2025-07-21T04:55:59.416955 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 1585006 2025-07-21T04:55:51.802025 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 446413 2022-09-23T20:47:39.562998 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 513437 2025-07-21T04:55:39.774072 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 493213 2024-10-23T00:43:13 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 17576 2025-07-21T04:55:59.566940 application/rdf+xml 23180 2025-07-21T04:55:42.776021 image/jpeg 3211 2025-07-21T04:55:42.708021 image/jpeg 1427045 2025-07-21T04:55:41.369089 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia en.wikipedia