Tablet catalog
Words to Myron Phelps and Madame Canavarro in Dec. 1902
OOL 06 10150 Phelps: ABU 0648
ABU 0648•‘Abdu’l-Bahá
Reported Utterance
Words to Myron Phelps and Madame Canavarro in Dec. 1902
450 words
Translation:
Provisional translation
Man has four standards to which he refers in the ascertainment of truth—the report of the senses, the verdict of reason, tradition or testimony, and inspiration.
AELT. Phelps, Myron. Life and Teachings of Abbas Effendi. G.P. Putnam’s Sons, 1903. Republished 1912 with different pagination. 1903 edition: https://archive.org/stream/lifeteachingsofa00phel. 1912 edition: https://bahai-library.com/pdf/p/phelps_life_teachings_abbas_effendi.pdf. Catalog pagination follows 1912 edition
AELT.149-152
https://bahai-library.com/pdf/p/phelps_life_teachings_abbas_effendi.pdf#page=196