To attempt to
visualize, even in its barest outline, the glory that must envelop these
institutions, [1] to essay even a tentative and partial description of their
character or the manner of their operation, or to trace however inadequately
the course of events leading to their rise and eventual establishment is far
beyond my own capacity and power.
- Shoghi Effendi (From a message dated
December 21, 1939; ‘Messages to America’)
[1] Institutions on
Mount Carmel
