The Long Lives of the Ancients
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When in Bahá'í history
At a morning gathering of the friends in New York on 22 July 1912, someone asked about the long lives of people in ancient times. ‘Abdu’l-Bahá explained that the long lives mentioned in certain books and narratives have a different basis. For instance, it was a custom in former times to mention a dynasty or family by the name of one person only. However, the people in the following ages thought that the length of time that a family survived was the length of the life of that family's founder.
Source: Mahmúd’s Diary, 22 July 1912 (New York); retold in Earl Redman, ‘Abdu’l-Bahá in Their Midst, p. 150.
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