...re in retiring, as from a royal presence, without turning our backs. Monsignore Baggs, after presenting my husband, said to him, Dr. Howe, you should tell his Holiness about the little blind girl [ Laura Bridgman ] whom you educated. The Pope remarked that he had been assured that the blind were able to distinguish colors by the touch. Dr. Howe said that he did not believe this. His opinion was that if a...