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Notes: Any older quotations contained in the text that have been retranslated
are endnoted with the authorized translation; all footnotes placed as endnotes;
page numbers not retained. -J.W.
Portals To Freedom was first published before many of the
current translations of Bahá'í writings were available. Some of
the quotations used in this book were taken from earlier renditions of these
works, as for example, The Seven Valleys and the Four Valleys, The
Hidden Words and others. Also several quotations were taken from a
compilation, Bahá'í Scriptures, much of which has been
retranslated and revised into a newer work called Bahá'í World
Faith. For an accurate rendition of the Bahá'í Writings,
these current editions should be used as references.