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Page 72
It is an impressive testimony to the successive leadership of Bahá ' u ' lláh , ' Abdu
' l - Bahá , and Shoghi Effendi , that such efforts failed . 30 With the establishment
of an accepted permanent authoritative body to which all individual believers ...
It is an impressive testimony to the successive leadership of Bahá ' u ' lláh , ' Abdu
' l - Bahá , and Shoghi Effendi , that such efforts failed . 30 With the establishment
of an accepted permanent authoritative body to which all individual believers ...
Page 76
Much as a single organism attains maturity in successive stages of development ,
so humankind has gradually evolved towards its collective maturity . The basic
expression of man ' s social evolution is his capacity to organize his society on ...
Much as a single organism attains maturity in successive stages of development ,
so humankind has gradually evolved towards its collective maturity . The basic
expression of man ' s social evolution is his capacity to organize his society on ...
Page 81
... quite similar to the growth process of an individual : just as the individual
begins life as a helpless infant and attains maturity in successive stages , so
humankind began its collective social life in a primitive state , gradually attaining
maturity .
... quite similar to the growth process of an individual : just as the individual
begins life as a helpless infant and attains maturity in successive stages , so
humankind began its collective social life in a primitive state , gradually attaining
maturity .
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Contents
The Islamic Background | 1 |
Baháulláh | 28 |
The Succession to Leadership | 50 |
Copyright | |
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