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The Kasîdah of Hâjî Abdû El-Yezdî: To The Reader

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THE Translator has ventured to entitle a "Lay of the Higher Law" the following composition, which aims at being in advance of its time; and he has not feared the danger of collision with such unpleasant forms as the "Higher Culture." The principles which justify the name are as follows:-- The Author asserts that Happiness and Misery are equally divided and distributed in the world. He makes Self-cultivation, with due regard to others, the sole and sufficient object of human life. He suggests…

The Kasîdah of Hâjî Abdû El-Yezdî: To The Reader

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