To the group
“The Gemara says that there were three great people Dovid, Avraham and Moshe. Dovid called himself a worm. Avraham said he’s dirt and ashes. Moshe was the greatest, he said he’s nothing. What did the Rebbe say about himself? I’m the Gadol Hador. Compare the Rebbe to Moshe Rabbeinu? I don’t think so.“
All these ones who says they’re nothing didn’t refuse their mission. Moshe didn’t refuse to get the Torah, Dovid didn’t refuse to become the king and’s ancestor of moshiach, Avraham didn’t refuse to start Hashem’s nation. Maybe toe confused on humility? Just as an aside, in Gemara the Amoraim we’re discussing that no one is truly humble anymore and one of them stood up and said it’s not true because he’s humble. No one scoffed. Do you know what humility is?
In any case the Rebbe never said “I am the (full in the blank)