Ocean of Lights

Reported Utterance

Public address given on 1912-10-26

1140 words

Notes:

talk given at 9:30 a.m

Translation:

Provisional translation

I have visited your Capitol and its gardens. No other Capitol has such beautiful surroundings.

Translations (5)

PUP. The Promulgation of Universal Peace: Talks Delivered by ‘Abdu’l-Bahá during His Visit to the United States and Canada in 1912. U.S. Bahá’í Publishing Trust, 2007. Numbering of talks refers to the version at BRL; page numbers refer to the 1982 edition. https://www.bahai.org/library/authoritative-texts/abdul- baha/promulgation-universal-peace/

PUP#114 (p.376-380)

http://www.bahai.org/r/696326530

DAS. Diary notebooks and letters of Mirza Ahmad Sohrab, Dec. 1912 – Jun. 1915. English and Persian diary notebooks and letters held in the U.S. National Bahá’í Archives. Often quoted in other sources such as SW. Catalog entries are indexed by date and include only the English notebooks and letters. Letters from 1 Jul 1913 through 19 Oct. 1914 found here: https://bahai-library.com/sohrab_diary_letters_1913-1914

DAS.1914-09-05x

https://bahai-library.com/pdf/s/sohrab_diary_letters_1913-1914_12.pdf#page=37

SW. Star of the West, 25 vols. (1910-1935). Periodical issued each Bahá’í month. Vols. 1-12 reprinted 1978 in 8 volumes by George Ronald. Each issue Includes a section in Persian. https://bahai.works/Star_of_the_West

SW_v05#17 p.259-262

https://bahai.works/Star_of_the_West/Volume_5/Issue_17

MAB. Brown, Ramona Allen. Memories of ‘Abdu’l-Bahá: Recollections of the Early Days of the Baháʹí Faith in California. U.S. Bahá’í Publishing Trust, 1980. http://bluefin.live/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/MAB.pdf

MAB.087-088x

http://bluefin.live/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/MAB.pdf#page=112

ECN. Notes of Ella Cooper, "‘Abdu’l-Bahá in California". n.p, 1912. Pilgrim notes held in U.S. National Bahá’í Archives. https://bahai- library.com/cooper_abdulbaha_california_1912

ECN.368+503x+912x

https://bahai-library.com/pdf/c/cooper_abdulbaha_california_1912.pdf#page=368