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One word more in conclusion. The proclamation of the Oneness of Mankind-- the head corner- stone of Baha'u'llah's all- embracing dominion-- can under no circumstances be compared with such expressions of pious hope as have been uttered in the past. His is not merely a call which He raised, alone and unaided, in the face of the relentless and combined opposition of two of the most powerful Oriental potentates of His day-- while Himself an exile and prisoner in their hands. It implies at once a warning and a promise-- a warning that in it lies the sole means for the salvation of a greatly suffering world, a promise that its realization is at hand. (24:5) Uttered at a time when its possibility had not yet been seriously envisaged in any part of the world, it has, by virtue of that celestial potency which the Spirit of Baha'u'llah has breathed into it, come at last to be regarded, by an increasing number of thoughtful men, not only as an approaching possibility, but as the necessary outcome of the forces now operating in the world.
(24:6)
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