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The construction of the Bab's sepulcher, whose foundation- stone had been laid by Him on the site blessed and selected by Baha'u'llah, He, however, refused to suspend, or even interrupt, for however brief a period. Nor would He allow any obstacle, however formidable, to interfere with the daily flow of Tablets which poured forth, with prodigious rapidity and ever increasing volume, from His indefatigable pen, in answer to the vast number of letters, reports, inquiries, prayers, confessions of faith, apologies and eulogies received from countless followers and admirers in both the East and the West. Eye- witnesses have testified that, during that agitated and perilous period of His life, they had known Him to pen, with His own Hand, no less than ninety Tablets in a single day, and to pass many a night, from dusk to dawn, alone in His bed- chamber engaged in a correspondence which the pressure of His manifold responsibilities had prevented Him from attending to in the day- time.
(267:2)
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