A Beaming Smile in California
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In California it was observed that “despite the Master’s fatigue at times, and His physical ailments, He welcomed everyone with a beaming smile, and in His pleasing and vibrant voice would ask, ‘Are you happy?’”
Source: Honnold, Annamarie, Vignettes from the Life of ‘Abdu’l-Bahá, p. 127
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