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O ye young Bahá'í children, ye seekers after true
understanding and knowledge! A human being is distinguished
from an animal in a number of ways. First of all,
he is made in the image of God, in the likeness of the Supernal
Light, even as the Torah saith, `Let us make man in our
image, after our likeness.'1 This divine image betokeneth
all the qualities of perfection whose lights, emanating from
the Sun of Truth, illumine the realities of men. And
among the greatest of these attributes of perfection are wisdom and
knowledge. Ye must therefore put forth a mighty effort,
striving by night and day and resting not for a moment, to
acquire an abundant share of all the sciences and arts, that
the Divine Image, which shineth out from the Sun of
Truth, may illumine the mirror of the hearts of men.
It is the longing desire of `Abdu'l-Bahá to see each one of
you accounted as the foremost professor in the academies,
and in the school of inner significances, each one becoming
a leader in wisdom.
1. Genesis 1:26
Selections from the Writings of `Abdu'l-Bahá
pages 140-141
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