“No, it will come about gradually,” said
‘Abdu’l-Bahá. “A plant that grows too quickly
lasts but a short time. You are my family” and he
looked about with a smile, “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.”