The Man with Tuberculosis
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A man, ill with tuberculosis, was avoided by his friends—even his family was fearful and hardly dared enter his room. The Master needed only to hear of it and thereafter went daily to the sick man, took him delicacies, read and discoursed to him, and was alone with him when he died.
Source: Vignettes from the Life of ‘Abdu’l-Bahá (Annamarie Honnold), p. 44.
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