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Thy letter was received and a sweet odor wafted
from the rose-garden of its meanings. Thou hast offered
thanks before the threshold of the One God, for
that thou hast stepped into the Court of the Manifestation
in such a blessed day and hast partaken a share and
portion from the bounties of the Pre-existent Beauty
[Baha'O'LLAH.]
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This mortal world is fickle and unstable like unto a
shifting shadow, and the human life is like unto a
mirage and a reflection on the water. When thou lookest
at the result thou wilt consider the preliminaries as
important, otherwise, preliminaries without a result are
of no fruit or harm; they are pure fancy and sheer
darkness. Therefore even a short duration of life is
sufficient.
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