"All phenomenal beings-- the plants in their kingdom, even the animals with their intelligence-- are nature's subjects and captives. All live within the bounds of natural law, and nature is the ruler of all except man. Man is not the captive of nature... he has overcome natural law and made it subservient to his wishes... Man has intelligence; nature has not. Man has volition; nature is minus. Man has memory;... nature is deprived. Man has the perceptive faculty; nature cannot perceive. It is therefore proved and evident that man is nobler than nature." Promulgation of Universal Peace Page 14 to 5 . (37:2)

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The Worlds of God
U.S.Baha'i National Ref Library Committee