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"The Breathings of the Divine Spirit awoke Him, and bade Him arise and proclaim His Revelation." (Bwf 32) (100:1) "The Ancient Beauty hath consented to be bound with chains that mankind may be released from its bondage, and hath accepted to be made a prisoner within this most mighty Stronghold that the whole world may attain unto true liberty. He hath drained to its dregs the cup of sorrow, that all the peoples of the earth may attain unto abiding joy, and be filled with gladness." (Bwf 33) (100:2) "He (Baha'u'llah) bore these ordeals, suffered these calamities and difficulties in order that... the precious, priceless bestowal of God, the human mind, might be developed to its fullest capacity in the temple of the body; and man become the reflection and likeness of God, even as it hath been revealed in the Bible: 'We shall create man in Our own image.'" (Bwf 223- 4) (100:3) "(Baha'u'llah) holdeth in His hand the immediate destinies of all created things." (pam 123)
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