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(Maybe -- with the usual caveat about unforeseen consequence)
The Earth history, where, after the Christmas Truce(s) of 1914, the generals and political leaders, instead of threatening court martials, had said: "You know? The boys are right. Let's call off this damned War."
And the Earth History where, instead of turning to Alexander Graham Bell (infamous eugenicist and hater of the Deaf), Helen Keller's family had turned to Thomas Hopkins Gallaudet for advice in raising their young daughter. (Recommended reading: Never the Twain Shall Meet: Bell, Gallaudet, and the Communications Debate.
The Earth history, where, after the Christmas Truce(s) of 1914, the generals and political leaders, instead of threatening court martials, had said: "You know? The boys are right. Let's call off this damned War."
And the Earth History where, instead of turning to Alexander Graham Bell (infamous eugenicist and hater of the Deaf), Helen Keller's family had turned to Thomas Hopkins Gallaudet for advice in raising their young daughter. (Recommended reading: Never the Twain Shall Meet: Bell, Gallaudet, and the Communications Debate.
