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Words spoken at Rue St. Didier 30 in Paris, 1913-01-29
OOL 06 60180 Phelps: ABU 2381
ABU 2381•‘Abdu’l-Bahá
Reported Utterance
Words spoken at Rue St. Didier 30 in Paris, 1913-01-29
100 words
Translation:
Provisional translation
We have come to Paris striking the first note. But we find Paris is very cold. I was anticipating that in this trip I shall behold in this city the luminous torch of the love of God. Now having arrived I find that the inhabitants are steeped deeper in the darkness of materialism.
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.1913-01-29
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