"Blessed is his progress, for without effort he leads the multitude.
"Blessed are his thoughts, for beyond all others he fore-sees the marvels of the Father.
"Blessed is his word, for he is the poet who fashions worlds after the pattern of the Father. God's mouthpiece he is.
"Joyful is he in the midst of sadness and happy in all adversity; for wherever he goes he dwells in the shadow of the Eternal, and hears His wings above him.
"Among the countless lame and maimed, in the multitude of the defective and infirm, he is the only perfect one, showing what it is possible for man to be.
"Strong is he, and beautiful in person; proud and unpretentious; daring and patient; wise in great, and sagacious in lesser, things; stern in deed, yet tender-hearted; unlimited in love; gentle, but never weak.
"For he is the only hale flower of perfect bloom in a full field of the pale and the deformed. Honor be to him! Elect him, and encompass him with care and with homage; for in him exists the future and the entire race.
"He is the director of the ways of men, and bears with ease the burden of their sorrow and their care, for he knows the issue and the solution.
"He is the maker and maintainer of order in human relations, because he knows and comprehends, and beholds in his mind, like an accurate map, the longings and emotions of men.
"He operates not through pressure of fear or force, but through the superiority of his mind, which must be perceptible to all.