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THE PROPHET

By Kahlil Gibran

New York: Alfred A. Knopf

1923

_The Twelve Illustrations In This Volume
Are Reproduced From Original Drawings By
The Author_


“His power came from some great reservoir
of spiritual life else it could not have
been so universal and so potent, but the
majesty and beauty of the language with
which he clothed it were all his own?”

--Claude Bragdon


THE BOOKS OF KAHLIL GIBRAN

The Madman. 1918 Twenty Drawings. 1919
The Forerunner. 1920 The Prophet. 1923
Sand and Foam. 1926 Jesus the Son of
Man. 1928 The Forth Gods. 1931 The
Wanderer. 1932 The Garden of the Prophet
1933 Prose Poems. 1934 Nymphs of the
Valley. 1948




CONTENTS

          The Coming of the Ship.......7
          On Love.....................15
          On Marriage.................19
          On Children.................21
          On Giving...................23
          On Eating and Drinking......27
          On Work.....................31
          On Joy and Sorrow...........33
          On Houses...................37
          On Clothes..................41
          On Buying and Selling.......43
          On Crime and Punishment.....45
          On Laws.....................51
          On Freedom..................55
          On Reason and Passion.......57
          On