We stand too close to so colossal a Revelation to expect in
this, the first century of its era, to arrive at a just estimate of its
towering grandeur, its infinite possibilities, its transcendent beauty. Small
though our present numbers may be, however limited our capacities, or
circumscribed our influence, we, into whose hands so pure, so tender, so
precious a heritage has been entrusted, should at all times strive, with
unrelaxing vigilance, to abstain from any thoughts, words, or deeds, that might
tend to dim its brilliance, or injure its growth. How tremendous our
responsibility; how delicate and laborious our task! (Shoghi Effendi, excerpt
from a letter dated March 21, 1932, ‘The World Order of Baha’u’llah’)
