Indeed he became free from the troubles of this world
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Indeed he became free from the troubles of this world. No matter how long he might have remained here, he would have met nothing else but trouble. The purpose of life is to get certain results; that is, the life of man must bring forth certain fruitage. It does not depend upon the length of life. As soon as the life is crowned with fruition then it is completed....
Source: Words of ‘Abdu’l-Bahá about Thornton Chase, the first Bahá’í in North America, Star of the West III:13, 13 Nov. 1912, p. 14, quoted in "‘Abdu’l-Bahá in their Midst" by Earl Redman, p. 233.
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