The Twenty Fur Caps
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A friend had sent some fur so that the Master could have a good warm coat; He had it cut up and made into twenty caps for the elderly men of the town.
Source: Vignettes from the Life of ‘Abdu’l-Bahá (Annamarie Honnold), p. 15.
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