Oh ‘Abdu’l-Bahá, I said, I am a foreigner, born in Switzerland, and
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Oh ‘Abdu’l-Bahá, I said, I am a foreigner, born in Switzerland, and have not the command of the English language. I would love to be a speaker. All I am doing is to give away pamphlets and as many books are printed. He looked serious. He said, you are doing well. I am satisfied with you. With you it is not the movement of the lips, nor the tongue. With you it is the heart that speaks. With you it is silence that speaks and radiance.
Source: Earl Redman, ‘Abdu’l-Bahá in Their Midst, p. 81-82
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