O Company of God! To each created thing, the Ancient Sovereignty hath portioned out its own perfection, its particular virtue and special excellence, so that each in its degree may become a symbol denoting the sublimity of the true Educator of humankind, and that each, even as a crystalline mirror, may tell of the grace and splendour of the Sun of Truth. ‘Abdu’l‑Bahá, Additional Tablets, Extracts and Talks. Available from www.bahai.org/r/174730637