Now the glorious and brilliant twentieth century has dawned,
and the divine bounty is radiating universally.... Truly, this can be called
the miracle of centuries, for it is replete with manifestations of the
miraculous. The time has come when all mankind shall be united, when all races
shall be loyal to one fatherland, all religions become one religion, and racial
and religious bias pass away. It is a day in which the oneness of humankind
shall uplift its standard and international peace, like the true morning, flood
the world with its light....
- ‘Abdu’l-Baha (‘The Promulgation of Universal
Peace: Talks Delivered by 'Abdu'l-Bahá during His Visit to the United States
and Canada in 1912’; The Compilation of Compilations, Vol. II, Peace)
