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They are the focal points of all the human and divine attainments, for they bring eternal life and the promise of its fulfillment (60:1)

Other men, although able to evolve to a high degree, are still in the second condition; this third state is alone partaken of by the divine messengers although great saints have attained extraordinary pre-eminence and reflect the splendor of the sun (60:2)

May you be of those who have believed and obeyed; may you be of the few that are chosen rather than of the many that are called! (60:3)

History is a record of incessant wars. There is not a spot on the globe that has not been crimsoned with the blood of men; the whole earth is blood-drenched. The basic reason for this slaughter is the division between religions - each sect considering the religion of others as barbarous and each deeming it a most sacred trust to shed the blood of the infidels. The environs of Acca have been stained many times with the blood of thousands (60:4)

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