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During my several visits to 'Akka, these answers were written down in Persian while 'Abdu'l-Baha spoke, not with a view to publication, but simply that I might have them for future study. At first they had to be adapted to the verbal translation of the interpreter; and later, when I had acquired a slight knowledge of Persian, to my limited vocabulary. This accounts for repetition of figures and phrases, for no one has a more extensive command of felicitous expressions than 'Abdu'l-Baha. In these lessons He is the teacher adapting Himself to His pupil, and not the orator or poet
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