Marion Jack is a great soul, a pride of the pioneers in the
East and West; an example to all pioneers; she has preserved long and hard'.
The Master called her "General Jack”. - She has the spirit of Martha Root
-- a combination of heroism and saintliness. Some are either heroic or saintly.
Persians aren’t all saints. They are pious but not all saintly. Martha Root
combined three qualities: martyrdom, heroism, and saintliness – a unique
distinction. Saintliness is very rare -- it comes from purity of motive.
(Notes
of the words of Shoghi Effendi, recorded by Ben Lavy during his pilgrimage in
1953)
