BLINDNESS
If you go outside the Tabernacle, take the first turning on the left, and walk down
what is called the St. George’s Road till you come to the end, you may see asylums
built for three sorts of blind people. On your right hand you will have the Blind
School. That is for the physically blind, who have lost the sight of these outward eyes.
On the left hand you will see the Bethlehem Hospital. That is for the mentally blind,
who have lost the inner sight, and are in the more unhappy state of lunacy. Then
straight before you you will see the St. George’s Roman Catholic Cathedral. That
is for the spiritually blind, whose case is all the more pitiable, because these blind
people have blind leaders, and their deluded souls are prescribed for by physicians
who foster their delusions. 1310.469