The Coffee-House of Surat

In the Indian town of Surat, there is a coffee-house where many travellers

and foreigners from all parts of the world meet and converse. One day a learned Persian theologian visits this coffee-house. He is a man who has spent his life studying the nature of the Deity, and reading and writing books upon the subject. He has thought, read, and written so much about God, that he eventually lost his

wits, became quite confused, and ceased even to believe in the

existence of a God. The Shah, hearing of this, has banished him

from Persia.