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3 stories on this theme.
Those Piercing Eyes: Edward Granville Browne in the Presence of Bahá'u'lláh
In *Bahá'u'lláh and the New Era*, Esslemont preserves the famous 1890 account by the Cambridge orientalist Edward Granville Browne — the only Westerner ever to record his impressions of meeting Bahá'u'lláh. The short paragraph was written in plain academic English. It has never been surpassed.
Quiet, Untheatrical, Most Convincing: Esslemont on the Master in London
In *Bahá'u'lláh and the New Era,* J. E. Esslemont preserves the testimony of those who heard 'Abdu'l-Bahá in London in 1911 — that the Master's manner was *quiet, untheatrical, most convincing,* and that the simplicity of His speaking, more than any rhetoric, carried the weight of His Father's revelation.
The Executioner Who Returned: A Witness in the Síyáh-Chál
In *Stories of Bahá'u'lláh* Furutan preserves the story of the executioner of the Síyáh-Chál who, through the months of the imprisonment, came to admire Bahá'u'lláh — and who, after each Bábí was led out to the gallows, would return to the pit to report to Bahá'u'lláh how the friend had died.