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Zoroaster was born in Persia, probably about 1,000 B. C?the date is uncertain. It is said that the Glory of God (Ahura Mazda) "came down from the endless light and mingled with the mother of Zoroaster," who was then 15 and unmarried. "At birth he laughed outright." During his infancy, his life was often miraculously preserved...
...nearly extinct in Persia, but has a small, powerful constituency in the vicinity of Bombay, India. Their most highly prized virtue is purity, with which elaborate ceremonies are associated; and they look forward to a Heaven from which all filth is excluded and in which the light (Mazda) shines ever bright...
...disagreeable diplomatic incident has been turned by the State Department into an occasion for cementing the friendship between the United States and Persia. The murder of Vice-Consul Imbrie for photographing a native shrine has been atoned for by the execution of the malefactors and by the payment of an indemnity to Mr. Imbrie's widow; the additional indemnity, to recompense the United States government for sending a warship to bring home his remains, it is planned, will be devoted to the education of Persian students in American universities...
...resentment that might arise in Persia against demands which, although justified, seem severe, is gracefully warded off. The prestige of the representatives of the United States in Oriental territory is more than maintained. The justice of American demands is tempered by enabling Persian students to seek educational advantages in America. If the transference of students from one country to another is effective in molding a feeling of friendly esteem, this proposal will have more than a temporary and merely diplomatic effect...
...Coolidge, with Mr. and Mrs. Charles Evans Hughes, attended the funeral of Vice Consul Robert W. Imbrie, killed at Teheran, Persia, in July. The body was brought to the U. S. on the cruiser Trenton; services were held at the New York Avenue Presbyterian Church and burial took place at Arlington. The Persian charge d'affaires was present and the Persian legation flew its flag at half mast (See PERSIA, Page 11). ¶The President wrote a letter to a convention of the American Mining Congress at Sacramento. He affirmed that: "When all is said and done, the development...