When in the city of Zor the lamp of his [Alexander] life was
extinguished and the last morn had dawned upon him, the wise men assembled by
his corpse. One of them said, `Gracious God! The whole world could not contain
this ambitious man yesterday but today a small plot of earth is sufficient to
hold him.' Another remarked, `With all his greatness, glory and eloquence of
speech, Alexander never advised us in such a manner as he is instructing us
today with this silence.' Another said, `A few hours ago this man considered
himself the sovereign of the whole world but now it has become evident that he
was a servant and a subject.'
- 'Abdu'l-Baha (Words of ‘Abdu’l-Baha, From a talk at San
Francisco’s Jewish Temple, October 15, 1912, Pleasanton, USA, recorded by
Mahmud Zarqani; ‘Mahmud’s Diary’)
