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Compassion - The Spirit of Truth

By Helena Petrovna Blavatsky

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References

Abridged 
Frequently quoted references have been abridged as highlighted below.

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Or, 
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Or, 

Blavatsky HP. The Voice of the Silence. Reprint of 1st ed. 1889, with Intr., notes, index, and paragraph numbers by A. Asanga (nom de plume of AJ Hamerster). Golden Jubilee ed., first publ. by the Theosophical Publishing House, Adyar, 1939

Or, 

Blavatsky HP. The Voice of the Silence. Reprint of 1st ed. 1889, with notes and comments by A Leighton Cleather & B Crump. Peking ed., first publ. by the Chinese Buddhist Research Society, Peking, 1927. Repr. under the auspices of The H.P.B. Lending Library, Vernon, 1978 
[A Students Edition of The Voice, with paragraphs and annotations numbered after the Golden Jubilee ed., is now available in our Higher Ethics and Devotion Series.]

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