y dwell together in complete unity and mutual
recognition of rights. Shall we not enjoy the same equality? Its absence
is not befitting to mankind.

TALKS 'ABDU'L-BAHA DELIVERED IN CAMBRIDGE AND BOSTON

23 May 1912
Talk at Home of Mr. and Mrs. Francis W. Breed
367 Harvard Street, Cambridge, Massachusetts

From Stenographic Notes

Scientific knowledge is the highest attainment upon the human plane, for
science is the discoverer of realities. It is of two kinds: material and
spiritual. Material science is the investigation of natural phenomena;
divine science is the discovery and realization of spiritual verities. The
world of humanity must acquire both. A bird has two wings; it cannot fly
with one. Material and spiritual science are the two wings of human uplift
and attainment. Both are necessary--one the natural, the other
supernatural; one material, the other divine. By the divine we mean the
discovery of the mysteries of God, the comprehension of spiritual
realities, the wisdom of God, inner significances of the heavenly
religions and foundation of the law.

This is 23 May, the anniversary of the message and Declaration of the Bab.
It is a blessed day and the dawn of manifestation, for the appearance of
the Bab was the early light of the true morn, whereas the manifestation of
the Blessed Beauty, Baha'u'llah, was the shining forth of the sun.
Therefore, it is a blessed day, the inception of the heavenly bounty, the
beginning of the divine effulgence. On this day in 1844 the Bab was sent
forth heralding and proclaiming the Kingdom of God, announcing the glad
tidings of the coming of Baha'u'llah and withstanding the opposition of
the whole Persian nation. Some of the Persians followed Him. For this they
suffered the most grievous difficulties and severe ordeals. They withstood
the tests with wonderful power and sublime heroism. Thousands were cast
into prison, punished, persecuted and martyred. Their homes were pillaged
and destroyed, their possessions confiscated. They sacrificed their lives
most willingly and remained unshaken in their faith to the very end. Those
wonderful souls are the lamps of God, the stars of sanctity shining
gloriously from the eternal horizon of the will of God.

The Bab was subjected to bitter persecution in _Sh_iraz, where He first
proclaimed His mission and message. A period of famine afflicted that
region, and the Bab journeyed to Isfahan. There the learned men rose
a