ethodist, and that his real
name is unknown. The translator is indebted to Mr. Paul North Rice,
Chief of the New York Public Library's Reference Department, for the
information that available data on Draper's family history and
nationality are in conflict; The Drapers in America by Thomas
Waln-Morgan (1892) states that Draper's father was born in London,
while Albert E. Henschel in "Centenary of John William Draper" (New
York University "Colonnade," June, 1911) has the following: "If
there be among us any who trace their lineage to the sunny fields of
Italy, they may feel a just pride in John William Draper, for his
father, John C. Draper, was an Italian by birth..."

The translator's thanks are also due to Madame Laura Dreyfus-Barney
for investigations in connection with this passage at the Library of
Congress and the Bibliotheque Nationale.

59 Qur'an 3:110.

60 Qur'an 3:100.

61 Qur'an 16:92.

62 Qur'an 7:198.

63 Qur'an 3:128.

64 Qur'an 2:172.

65 Qur'an 59:9.

66 Qur'an 2:203.

67 Qur'an 42:36.

68 Qur'an 3:153.

69 Qur'an 17:14.

70 Qur'an 59:9.

71 Qur'an 23:14: "Blessed therefore be God, the most excellent of
Makers."

72 Qur'an 17:31; 110.

73 Rumi, The Ma_th_navi, II 2:277. The next line is:

A garden close, if that thought be a rose,
But if it be a thorn, then only fit to burn.

74 From the lines: "Attar has passed through the seven cities of love,
and we are still at the first bend in the road."

75 Qur'an 26:84.

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