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In the Name of God the Clement, the Merciful
Praise and thanksgiving be unto Providence that
out of all the realities in existence He has
chosen the reality of man and has honored it
with intellect and wisdom, the two most luminous lights
in either world. Through the agency of this great endowment,
He has in every epoch cast on the mirror
of creation new and wonderful configurations. If we
look objectively upon the world of being, it will become
apparent that from age to age, the temple of existence
has continually been embellished with a fresh grace,
and distinguished with an ever-varying splendor, deriving
from wisdom and the power of thought.
This supreme emblem of God stands first in the
order of creation and first in rank, taking precedence
over all created things. Witness to it is the Holy Tradition,
"Before all else, God created the mind." From
the dawn of creation, it was made to be revealed in the
temple of man.
Sanctified is the Lord, Who with the dazzling rays
of this strange, heavenly power has made our world
of darkness the envy of the worlds of light: "And the
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