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One reporter asked "What do you think of America?" 'I like it,' replied the Master, Americans are optimistic. If you ask them how they are, they say, "All right!" If you ask them how things are going, they say "All right!" This cheerful attitude is good.

Source: Earl Redman, ‘Abdu’l-Bahá in Their Midst, p. 56

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Source: Earl Redman, ‘Abdu’l-Bahá in Their Midst, p. 56

Collected from bahaistories.com (Subject: truthfulness).

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Why are alternate accounts kept? Different retellings of the same event often vary in emphasis, detail, and tone. Scholars and devotional readers can notice these differences and trace the trustworthiness of each retelling.