Neville struggles with poverty during the Great Depression

Neville recalls the depths of the Great Depression, when he says he did not know where to find a nickel and had four mouths to feed. Rather than spend a nickel on the subway, he would walk fifty blocks from his home in the Village hoping to find a friend who might lend him money. He notes a woman in the audience that night who, along with his wife, had been present at his very first meeting and could vouch for the truth of it. Even in that poverty, he says, he remained incapable of stealing or deceiving anyone for personal gain -- and it was in that state that he was taken in spirit into the presence of 'the Ancient of Days,' who asked him, 'What is the greatest thing in the world?'
Date (happened)
between 1930 and 1935
unresolved
  1. between 1930 and 1935 estimated · possible · preferred
    Source The Pure in Heart ¶17passage 529653 (lecture nid 1085): 'For my experience, I go back to the days of the deep Depression... There's a lady in the audience tonight who, along with my wife, came to my very first meeting.'
    Reasoning 'The deep Depression' names a broad historical period, not a specific date; the deepest Depression years are conventionally 1930-1933, and the mention that his wife and this woman were present at his 'very first meeting' (near the start of his teaching career) supports a similar mid-window, so this is a coarse between-range estimate rather than a precise date.
Place
New York City
Persons
Neville Goddard
Told / reported
  1. 1 March 1963 estimated
    Source The Pure in Heartlecture nid 1085 'The Pure in Heart' delivery date 1963-03-01, carried by both merged witness nodes (1085 and the retained-unpublished variant 1932), whose own chrome dateline agrees exactly.
    Reasoning Single claim, further corroborated by an independent duplicate transcription of the same talk carrying the same date; no conflict.
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