Cable Your Resignation
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When in Bahá'í history
'Akká (today: Acre, Israel)
Thomas Breakwell, the first English believer, went to the prison city of ‘Akká as a pilgrim. In conversation with the Master, he described his position in the cotton mills in the South in the United States. Breakwell told ‘Abdu’l-Bahá that the mills were run on child labour. Then the Master looked at him gravely and sadly for a while, and said, ‘Cable your resignation.’ With great relief Breakwell hastened to obey Him.
Source: Honnold, Annamarie, Vignettes from the Life of ‘Abdu’l-Bahá, p. 108
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