Whats the first quote in the book flowers for algernon?

i need to know the first quote in the book flowers for algernon does anyone f theres a website where i can get the book online? or if you have the book can you please tell me !!

Whats the first quote in the book flowers for algernon?
The epigraph is from Plato's Republic



" "Any one who has common sense will remember that the bewilderments of the eye are of two kinds, and arise from two causes, either from coming out of the light or from going into the light, which is true of the mind's eye, quite as much as of the bodily eye; and he who remembers this when he sees any one whose vision is perplexed and weak, will not be too ready to laugh; he will first ask whether that soul of man has come out of the brighter life, and is unable to see because unaccustomed to the dark, or having turned from darkness to the day is dazzled by excess of light. And he will count the one happy in his condition and state of being, and he will pity the other..." Plato, The Republic"
Reply:I have the book and I have read it... Ummm what do you exactly mean by quote, the first lines cause if so here they are: "progris riport 1 martch 3 Dr Strsuss says I shoud rite down what I think and remembir and evrey thing that happins to me from now on. I dont no why but he says its importint." and it's supposed to be spelled wrong... email me if you need anymore help.
Reply:Any one who has common sense will remember that the bewilderment of the eye are of two kinds,and arise from two causes,either from coming out of the light or from going into the light,which is true of the mind's eye,quite as much as of the bodily eye; and he who remembers this when he sees any one whose vision is perplexed and weak,will not be too ready to laugh; La De Da etc...........
Reply:My name is Charlie Gordon. I am 37 years old. I have nuthing more to rite now so I will close for today. progris riport 2—martch 6 I had a test today. ...







Until he was thirty-two, Charlie Gordon --gentle, amiable, oddly engaging-- had lived in a kind of mental twilight. He knew knowledge was important and had learned to read and write after a fashion, but he also knew he wasn't nearly as bright as most of the people around him. There was even a white mouse named Algernon who outpaced Charlie in some ways. But a remarkable operation had been performed on Algernon, and now he was a genius among mice. Suppose Charlie underwent a similar operation...

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