The Kitáb-i-Aqdas
Author: Bahá’u’lláh
Source: Bahá’í World Centre, 1992 edition
Pages: 254
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64. Amongst the people is he whose learning hath made him proud … who, when he heareth the tread of sandals following behind him, waxeth greater in his own esteem # 41
 
In the East, the practice has been for followers of a religious leader, out of deference, to walk a pace or two behind him.
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