Answer: “No, it will come about gradually. A plant that grows too quickly lasts but a short time. You are my family, my new children! if a family lives in unison, great results are obtained. Widen the circle; when a city lives in intimate accord greater results will follow, and a continent that is fully united will likewise unite all other continents. Then will be the time of the greatest results, for all the inhabitants of the earth belong to one native land.
- ‘Abdu’l-Baha (Notes of conversations; ‘Abdu’l-Baha in London’)
