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Consider how the greatest men in the world-- whether among prophets or philosophers-- all have forfeited their own comfort, have sacrificed their own pleasure for the well- being of humanity. They have sacrificed their own lives for the body politic. They have sacrificed their own wealth for that of the general welfare. They have forfeited their own honor for the honor of mankind. Therefore it becomes evident that this is the highest attainment for the world of humanity.
(42:5)
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