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The effects of such naive enthusiasm are no longer felt within the Baha'i community, but with a sounder realization of the mystery of that incomparably devotion and servitude, the Baha'is can today all the more consciously appreciate the unique character of the mission which 'Abdu'l-Baha fulfilled. The Faith which in 1892 seemed so weak and helpless in the physical exile and imprisonment of its Exemplar and Interpreter, has since, with irresistible power, raised up communities in many countries, and challenges the weakness of a decaying civilization with a body of teachings that alone reveal the future of a despairing humanity.
(48:4)
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