Satisfaction excludes speculation. 
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To grasp this sorry scheme of things entire, 
Would we not shatter it to bits, and then 
Remould it nearer to the heart’s desire. ” 
 
2.  [Persian text] huqqah.  It is said that this 
word represents heiroglyphically the process of 
smoking.  [Persian text] the harsh aspirate changed 
to [Persian text] the smooth aspirate by the me-
dium of the force of [Persian text] which Arab mys-
tics describe as being “ of a watery, lunar nature, 
and consonant to dogs, jackals, beetles, pools, old 
women painted, dreams, water pots, drunkenness, 
illusion, broken spears, and astrologers.”  In this 
case the watery nature symbolizes the rose-water 
through which the smoke is drawn to purify and 
soften it. 
3.  Cannabis — Hashish, bhang, ganja, mariju-
ana, kif, a drug much used by Yogis and Fakirs.  It 
induces maniacal attacks, destroys the sense of 
proportion in time and space, and give powerful 
emotions to its victims. 
4.  Ambergris.  Without much perfume of its 
own, it is priceless for bringing out the best of any 
others with which it may be mixed.  The price in 
1906 was 135 shillings the ounce. 
5.  i.e. it is useless to explore the universe until 
the problem of personality is satisfactorily settled. 
6.  Hakim — doctor. 
7.  Gonorrhoea is known in Persia as else-
where.  At a recital, when all the young men ex-
claim joyfully :  “ What flowing stanzas ! ”  (suz), an 
old cynic may be heard to mutter :  “ What flowing 
gleet ! ”  (Suzak).