Notes:
For the reference to Pope Sylvester in Cordova see Draper, "The Intellectual Development of Europe", vol. 2, p. 49
Translation:
Provisional translation
O Friends of ‘Abdu’l-Baha! Let us thank God that He has made from this prison a palace for the friends, and from this exalted dungeon, the garden of Baha’u’llah's bounties! …All that is revealed through divine inspiration is the evident truth
