[Ads-l] Request help tracing Helen Keller quotation

[ADSGarson O'Toole]

Fantastic! Thanks Jesse. I will post a Quote Investigator article on
this topic within a week or two.
Garson O'Toole

On Sun, Oct 18, 2026 at 10:22 PM Jesse Sheidlower <jester at panix.com> wrote:
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> I've verified this request (it's accurate; May 1935 p. 8 for those following along at home), and sent Garson (offlist) an image of the page.
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> Jesse Sheidlower
>
> On Sun, Oct 18, 2026 at 04:09:48PM -0400, ADSGarson O'Toole wrote:
> > The following words have been attributed to Helen Keller, and I was
> > asked to perform a trace:
> >
> > Everybody talks, nobody listens.
> > Good listeners are as rare as white crows.
> >
> > According to VCU Libraries Social Welfare History Project the
> > quotation appeared in the article "The Beauty of Silence" by Helen
> > Keller which was published in the May 1935 issue of Home Magazine.
> > Here is a link to the reprinted article:
> > https://socialwelfare.library.vcu.edu/eras/great-depression/beauty-silence/
> >
> > The goal is to obtain a complete, accurate, and verified citation.
> >
> > Apparently, The Interwar Culture: 1930-1939 database by Adam Matthew
> > Digital holds the complete digitized January–June 1935 bound volume.
> >
> > https://www-interwarculture-amdigital-co-uk.mcpl.idm.oclc.org/
> >
> > https://www.interwarculture.amdigital.co.uk/Documents/Detail/the-home-magazine-january-june-1935/21940273
> >
> > Do you have access to this database? Perhaps you can search for the
> > quotation and send me scans of the article. It would also be helpful
> > to obtain scans showing the publication title, issue date, and
> > publisher information for the magazine.
> >
> > Thanks for any help you can provide
> > Garson O'Toole
> >
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