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It is an analogy. William Gibson in his play, The Miracle Worker includes it.
Anne Sullivan is quoting Dr. Howe and she actually says that " language to the mind is MORE THAN light is to the eye".
In explanation:
What is light to the eye- light allows the eye to function, to operate; to see.
Light is the content and the eye is the vessel, the tool.
Language is the content and the mind is the vessel, the container.
Language hence forth allows the mind to function, operate and to think.
Language is not solely to communicate with the other, but rather allows one to assimilate sensory observations in units of words and form of expression and one can make "sense" of what they observe.
Without language; the mind is an empty tool; a person is unable to make sense of the universe.
The quote says MORE THAN- for the mind is the source and center for processing all the senses. The eye which functions as the sense of sight is only an employee of the mind.
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