batch.motif.sufi-al-ghazzali-confessions-field-gutenberg-l131-l148
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record_id: batch.motif.sufi-al-ghazzali-confessions-field-gutenberg-l131-l148
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/sufi/project-gutenberg/confessions-al-ghazzali-field.md
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label: BY CLAUD FIELD, M.A. / CONTENTS / INTRODUCTION 7
/ EDITORIAL NOTE; lines 131-148
start: '131'
end: '148'
translation: The Confessions of Al Ghazzali
notes: Generated from OpenAI Batch run motif-extraction-2026-04-28-high-priority;
human review required.
canonical_text:
quote: ''
summary: An editorial note states that the series aims to promote good-will and
understanding between East and West by presenting Oriental thought, with thanks
to press and public and assurance that specialists were secured for the subjects.
language: English
quote_policy: summarized
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text: The editors state that the series has a definite object.
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text: The editors desire the books to serve as ambassadors of good-will and understanding
between East and West.
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text: The passage contrasts East and West as an old world of Thought and a new world
of Action.
category: attribute
evidence_refs:
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- id: obs:4
text: The editors say deeper knowledge of Oriental ideals and philosophy may revive
charity toward nations of another creed and colour.
category: speech
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- id: obs:5
text: The editors thank press and public for the reception of the “Wisdom of the
East” Series.
category: speech
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- id: obs:6
text: The note is signed by L. Cranmer-Byng and S. A. Kapadia.
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name_or_label: Editors of the series
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name_or_label: These books
description: The books in the series, described as intended ambassadors of good-will
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name_or_label: L. Cranmer-Byng
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name_or_label: S. A. Kapadia
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basis: The names appear at the end of the editorial note.
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label: Editorial statement of series purpose
summary: The editors explain that the series is intended to foster good-will, understanding,
and knowledge between East and West, and they thank the public and press for its
reception.
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candidate_motifs:
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label: wisdom as cross-cultural understanding
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basis: The passage frames the series as promoting knowledge of Oriental ideals and
philosophy and invokes the “Wisdom of the East” Series.
evidence_refs:
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confidence: low
cautions: This is an editorial program statement, not a mythic narrative; the taxonomy
match is thematic and should be reviewed.
comparison_claims: []
evidence:
- id: ev:1
type: summary
locator: lines 131-134
quote_or_summary: The editors state that the object of the series is definite.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/sufi/project-gutenberg/confessions-al-ghazzali-field.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
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type: quote
locator: lines 133-135
quote_or_summary: "“these books shall be the ambassadors of good-will and understanding
between East and West”"
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/sufi/project-gutenberg/confessions-al-ghazzali-field.md
rights_note: Public domain source; short excerpt quoted.
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type: quote
locator: lines 135-136
quote_or_summary: "“the old world of Thought and the new of Action”"
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/sufi/project-gutenberg/confessions-al-ghazzali-field.md
rights_note: Public domain source; short excerpt quoted.
- id: ev:4
type: summary
locator: lines 138-142
quote_or_summary: The editors state that deeper knowledge of Oriental ideals and
philosophy may help revive charity toward nations of another creed and colour.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/sufi/project-gutenberg/confessions-al-ghazzali-field.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
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type: quote
locator: lines 142-144
quote_or_summary: "“Wisdom of the East” Series"
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/sufi/project-gutenberg/confessions-al-ghazzali-field.md
rights_note: Public domain source; short excerpt quoted.
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type: summary
locator: lines 147-148
quote_or_summary: The note is signed by L. Cranmer-Byng and S. A. Kapadia.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/sufi/project-gutenberg/confessions-al-ghazzali-field.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
confidence:
extraction: high
motif_candidates: low
comparison_claims: high
notes: The passage is clear editorial prose. Motif relevance is limited because
it contains no mythic episode; the single candidate motif is thematic and requires
review. No comparison claims were made.
reviewer_status:
status: needs_review
reviewer: ''
reviewed_at: ''
notes: Machine-generated draft from OpenAI Batch; not human-reviewed.
extracted_by: openai_batch:gpt-5.5
extracted_at: '2026-04-28'
notes: |-
No available symbol taxonomy item is directly attested. The passage supports editorial and metaphorical observations rather than narrative myth motifs.
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