Julio Savi

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Since this Web site often refers to personages, places, books, metaphors and words that are not commonly used, it was thought advisable to provide its guests with a small glossary offering a concise explanation of all that. This glossary will be gradually enriched, as new documents will be posted on this site.

The Word of God is the king of words and its pervasive influence is incalculable. It hath ever dominated and will continue to dominate the realm of being… The Word is the master key for the whole world, inasmuch as through its potency the doors of the hearts of men, which in reality are the doors of heaven, are unlocked.

Bahá'u'lláh

Every word is endowed with a spirit, therefore the speaker or expounder should carefully deliver his words at the appropriate time and place, for the impression which each word maketh is clearly evident and perceptible… One word may be likened unto fire, another unto light, and the influence which both exert is manifest in the world… One word is like unto springtime causing the tender saplings of the rose-garden of knowledge to become verdant and flourishing, while another word is even as a deadly poison. It behoveth a prudent man of wisdom to speak with utmost leniency and forbearance so that the sweetness of his words may induce everyone to attain that which befitteth man's station.

Bahá’u’lláh

Antonello da Messina, “St Jerome in his Study.”