The main features of the narrative—the saintly heroic figure
of the Báb, a leader so mild and so serene, yet eager, resolute, and dominant;
the devotion of his followers facing oppression with unbroken courage and often
with ecstasy; the rage of a jealous priesthood inflaming for its own purpose
the passions of a bloodthirsty populace—these speak a language which all may
understand.
- Shoghi Effendi (‘Introduction to ‘The Dawn-Breakers’)
