On April 23, 1912, 'Abdu'l-Baha spoke at Howard University,
and from there He went to the home of Mirza Ali Kuli Khan for luncheon. Here He
said:
"Thanks must be offered to Baha'u'llah because it is
His confirmations that stir the souls. It
is the blessings of the Abha Beauty that change the hearts. It is the reinforcement of the
Kingdom of Abha that makes the mosquito an eagle, the ant a Solomon, the
degraded, the center of honor."
- 'Abdu'l-Baha (Words of ‘Abdu’l-Baha, April 23, 1912, Washington
DC, reported by Dr. Zia Bagdadi, ‘Abdu’l-Baha in America’, Star of the West,
vol. 19, no. 2, May 1928)
