[We spoke about the inhabitants of Honolulu; that many
nationalities are there represented and yet all are in great harmony.]
‘Abdu’l-Baha said: "Time and place play a great
influence over the conditions; when in a certain place some strangers meet,
necessity requires that they should be in harmony; but our purpose is this,
that the divine unity and concord may become well established among all the
nations, so that they may become as one spirit in different bodies; the drops
of one ocean; the fruits of one tree and the rays of the same sun.
In America, when the different people united together they
were enabled to drive away the English government and establish a new
government for themselves. Consider how great is the result of unity and
harmony! There has never been any action performed nor any philanthropic deed
achieved except through unity and concord; disagreement and dissension have
always been the means of evil and corruption."
- ‘Abdu’l-Baha (Words of
‘Abdu’l-Baha, 10 May 1910, recorded by Mason Remey; Star of the West, vol. 1,
no. 8, August 1, 1910)
