The work of blind M. de la Sizeranne, friend of the blind

It would be unfair not to emphasize, at the moment when he died, in his sixty-third year, the importance of the work accomplished for the greater good of the blind by Mr. Maurice de la Sizeranne.
Belonging to an old family from Drôme, he was injured in one eye at the age of nine. This accident soon caused complete blindness and the young blind man
Mr. de la Sizeranne decided to devote his life to relieving his brothers from misfortune
At the age of twenty-six, he founded the first journal in Braille writing, to which he gave the name of the inventor of this method Louis Braille. A few months later, he developed the plan for the Valentin Hauy Association, which began life in 1888 and which was recognized as being of public utility in 1891.
The tireless activity of Maurice de la Sizeranne succeeded in establishing an abundant Braille library, the volumes of which circulated throughout France, numbering 80,000. And he himself published several works, including: Blinded by a Blind, Blind Sisters of Saint-Paul, Thirty Years of Studies and Propaganda for the Blind, Impressions and Memories.
He thus brought, from the depths of his night, to those who, like him, ignored the light, the comfort of his example and the all-powerful help of his charity.