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Richard Francis Burton on Easter

1821–1890 England

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Reason is Life's sole arbiter, the magic Laby'rinth's single clue:
Worlds lie above, beyond its ken; what crosses it can ne'er be true.

The Kasîdah of Hâjî Abdû El-Yezdî (1870)

All Faith is false, all Faith is true: Truth is the shattered mirror strown
In myriad bits; while each believes his little bit the whole to own.

The Kasîdah of Hâjî Abdû El-Yezdî (1870)

With Hâjî Abdû the soul is not material, for that would be a contradiction of terms. He regards it, with many moderns, as a state of things, not a thing; a convenient word denoting the sense of personality, of individual identity.

The Kasîdah of Hâjî Abdû El-Yezdî (1870)

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