Already as a child, the Master learned contentment
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Already as a child, the Master learned contentment. It was born of hardship. At a later time, He had good reason to write, regarding children, ‘accustom them to hardship’.
Source: Honnold, Annamarie, Vignettes from the Life of ‘Abdu’l-Bahá, p. 164
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