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"The earth is but one country, and mankind its citizens."
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"The earth is but one country, and mankind its citizens."
By Rúhíyyih Khánum · 1969 · Bahá'í Publishing Trust
Modern era (1957–present) · in copyright
Biography of Shoghi Effendi by his wife (bahai-library.com edition). Use brief paraphrases only.
About Rúhíyyih Khánum
Born Mary Sutherland Maxwell. Wife of Shoghi Effendi from 1937 until his passing in 1957; later appointed Hand of the Cause. Her *The Priceless Pearl* is the definitive biography of the Guardian.
1910–2000 · Hand of the Cause; wife of Shoghi Effendi
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“He descends on it like a hurricane and never lets up until it is done.”
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“He descends on it like a hurricane and never lets up until it is done.”
“Letter still unanswered. What of lawn seeds?”
“a regular campaign in this direction.”
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In 1921 Shoghi Effendi, a student in England, walked into an office in London and read a cable on the desk telling of the passing of his grandfather, 'Abdu'l-Bahá.
'Abdu'l-Bahá's gardener said grass would not grow in that land, but Shoghi Effendi kept sending for seed until his lawns grew.
Shoghi Effendi went to Oxford to perfect his English so that he could translate the Bahá'í writings. Rúḥíyyih Khánum describes his notebooks, his reading and the care with which he chose every word.
On 29 November 1921 Shoghi Effendi, a student at Oxford, learned of the passing of 'Abdu'l-Bahá by reading the cable that lay open on a desk in Wellesley Tudor Pole's London office.
'Abdu'l-Bahá's gardener said lawns would not grow in Palestine. Shoghi Effendi cabled friends and relatives and finally wrote to seed firms himself, and in time had lawns that satisfied him.
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