No Private Carriage
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When in Bahá'í history
'Akká (today: Acre, Israel)
One day ‘Abdu’l-Bahá was going from ‘Akká to Haifa and asked for a seat in the stage coach. The driver, surprised, said ‘Your Excellency surely wishes a private carriage.’ ‘No,’ replied the Master. While He was still in the coach in Haifa, a distressed fisherwoman came to Him; all day she had caught nothing and now must return to her hungry family. The Master gave her five francs, then turned to the driver and said: ‘You now see the reason why I would not take a private carriage. Why should I ride in luxury when so many are starving?’
Source: Vignettes from the Life of ‘Abdu’l-Bahá (Annamarie Honnold), p. 14.
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