Words of Long Ago

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Words of Long Ago

Part 1

The Path of Later On	1
The Virtues	5
A Sapphire Tale	8
A Leader	13
To Know How to Suffer	20
On Thought	22
On Dreams	32
The Supreme Discovery	40

Part 2: Meetings   (L'Idée   )

7 May 1912	49
14 May 1912	51
21 May 1912	55
28 May 1912	58
4 June 1912	62
11 June 1912	64
18 June 1912	66
25 June 1912	69
2 July 1912	71

Part 3

That Which is Speaking	77
On Thought – Introduction	78
On Thought – II	79
On Thought – III	87
The Central Thought	97
Charity	99
The Divinity Within	107
The Mother and Abdul Baha	108

Part 4

Prayers and Meditations

119

Part 5 Notes and Reflections

On the Mysteries of the Ascent towards God	129
Two Parallel Movements	132
Towards the Supreme Light	134
Three Dreams	135
The War	141

Part 6

Woman and the War	147
Woman and Man	151
Impressions of Japan	152
The Children of Japan	155
To the Women of Japan	157
Remembrances	169
Myself and My Creed	170

Part 7: Tales of All Times  

One: Self-Control	173
Two: Courage	179
Three: Cheerfulness	189
Four: Self-Reliance	193
Five: Patience and Perseverence	198
Six: The Simple Life	203
Seven: Prudence	210
Eight: Sincerity	214
Nine: Right Judgment	226
Ten: Order	232
Eleven: Building and Destroying	237

Appendix

Twelve: The Giver	245
Thirteen: The Conquest of Knoweldge	249
Fourteen: Modesty	254
Fifteen: The Family	263
Sixteen: Sympathy	276

Notes are paraphrased from the “Publisher's Note” and “Note on the Texts”.