The blessed state of California bears the utmost similarity
to the Holy Land, that is, the country of Palestine. The air is of the utmost
temperance, the plain very spacious, and the fruits of Palestine are seen in that
state in the utmost of freshness and delicacy. When ‘Abdu’l-Bahá was traveling
and journeying through those states, he found himself in Palestine, for from
every standpoint there was a perfect likeness between this region and that
state. Even the shores of the Pacific Ocean, in some instances, show perfect
resemblance to the shores of the Holy Land—even the flora of the Holy Land have
grown on those shores—the study of which had led to much speculation and
wonder.
- ‘Abdu’l-Baha (‘Tablets of the Divine Plan’)
