Influence
The book had a great impact on the Western Bahá'ís' understanding of their religion and its links to Bábism.
Bahiyyih Nakhjavani uses the story of the theft of the Báb's saddlebag during his pilgrimage to Mecca, in chapter VII of the Dawn-Breakers, as the focal point for her novel The Saddlebag - A Fable for Doubters and Seekers.
Many groups and organizations have been named after it. Most notably the Dawn Breakers International Film Festival, Dawn Breakers High School in India and the LA-based music group Dawnbreaker Collective, 1966 music group by Seals and Croft called Dawnbreakers and the German-based publishing company, "DawnBreakers Publisher."
Read more about this topic: The Dawn-Breakers
Famous quotes containing the word influence:
“If the contemplation, even of inanimate beauty, is so delightful; if it ravishes the senses, even when the fair form is foreign to us: What must be the effects of moral beauty? And what influence must it have, when it embellishes our own mind, and is the result of our own reflection and industry?”
—David Hume (1711–1776)
“Exhaust them, wrestle with them, let them not go until their blessing be won, and, after a short season, the dismay will be overpast, the excess of influence withdrawn, and they will be no longer an alarming meteor, but one more brighter star shining serenely in your heaven, and blending its light with all your day.”
—Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)
“Cultural expectations shade and color the images that parents- to-be form. The baby product ads, showing a woman serenely holding her child, looking blissfully and mysteriously contented, or the television parents, wisely and humorously solving problems, influence parents-to-be.”
—Ellen Galinsky (20th century)