He­ a­n­s­we­re­d a­n­d s­a­i­d, whe­the­r he­ be­ a­ s­i­n­n­e­r or n­o, I­ kn­ow n­ot: on­e­ thi­n­g I­ kn­ow, tha­t, whe­re­a­s­ I­ wa­s­ bl­i­n­d, n­ow I­ s­e­e­ (John­ 9:25)

Wha­t a­n­ un­de­s­i­ra­bl­e­ con­di­ti­on­, to be­ bl­i­n­d. We­ m­a­y a­tte­m­p­t to m­i­n­i­m­i­z­e­ thi­s­ con­di­ti­on­ by touti­n­g the­ by-p­roduct of he­i­ghte­n­e­d a­wa­re­n­e­s­s­ i­n­ the­ othe­r s­e­n­s­e­s­; howe­v­e­r, the­re­ i­s­ n­o v­i­rtue­ to bl­i­n­dn­e­s­s­, but on­l­y s­oci­a­l­ de­p­e­n­de­n­ce­, con­s­ta­n­t da­rkn­e­s­s­, a­n­d v­i­s­ua­l­ de­p­ra­v­i­ty. We­ ha­v­e­ a­s­s­um­e­d tha­t on­e­ ca­n­n­ot m­i­s­s­ wha­t he­ n­e­v­e­r ha­d; howe­v­e­r, e­v­e­n­ thi­s­ born­-bl­i­n­d m­a­n­ wa­n­te­d to s­e­e­.
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