The Peace Society Meeting at the Hotel Astor
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On 13 May 1912 ‘Abdu’l-Bahá was the guest of honor at a meeting of the New York Peace Society held at the Hotel Astor. Before the meeting, the Master had a high fever and was in bed. Juliet Thompson, who was with Him, asked, "Must You go to the Hotel Astor when You are so ill?"
"I work by the confirmations of the Holy Spirit," He answered. "I do not work by hygienic laws. If I did," He laughed, "I would get nothing done."
After the meeting, Juliet recorded, the Master shook hands with the whole audience, with every one of those thousands of people.
Source: The Diary of Juliet Thompson, 13 May 1912; H. M. Balyuzi, ‘Abdu’l-Bahá: The Centre of the Covenant, p. 192; also Earl Redman, ‘Abdu’l-Bahá in Their Midst, pp. 129–130.
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