O ye young Baha'i 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.'(40) 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-Baha 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.