“One of the most remarkable moments came when a small child with terrible vision had the chance to see our optometrist. He came in restless and loud, as most any child would who’d been waiting in line all day. The vision contraption looked odd in this primitive setting and looked even odder hooked to his little face, but the moment his sight came into focus he froze. He looked at everything and everyone wide-eyed with his mouth open in absolute amazement. 

He was seeing the world for the first time.”

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