Words to two prominent Persians, spoken on 1913-01-25
OOL 06 20135Phelps:ABU 1157
ABU 1157•‘Abdu’l-Bahá
Reported Utterance
Words to two prominent Persians, spoken on 1913-01-25
280 words
Translation:
Provisional translation
It is natural in man to oppress. When two individuals fight, they go before the civil court and settle their differences but there is no law or court whereby the nations may resort thereto
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