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"They who are possessed of riches, however, must have the utmost regard for the poor, for great is the honour destined by God for those poor who are steadfast in patience... and well is it with the rich who bestow their riches on the needy and prefer them before themselves." (Baha'u'llah) (68:6) "Ye must not only have kind and merciful feelings for mankind, but ye should also exercise the utmost kindness toward every living creature. The physical sensibilities and instincts are common to animal and man. Man is, however, negligent of this reality and imagines that sensibility is peculiar to mankind, therefore he practices cruelty to the animal. In reality what difference is there in physical sensation! Sensibility is the same whether you harm man or animal: there is no difference.." ('Abdul-Baha)
(68:8)
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