During one or two of those summers early in Shoghi Effendi's ministry
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During one or two of those summers early in Shoghi Effendi's ministry he told me he had bought a bicycle and cycled over many passes. His bicycle--the poor man's car--became a favourite of Shoghi Effendi. He sometimes climbed the highest passes in Switzerland, pushing it up and riding down.
Source: Rúhíyyih Khánum, The Guardian of the Bahá’í Faith, p. 61
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