He attaches great importance to the spread of the Faith in
Brazil which is a country not only vast in size, but in potentialities, and
which has proved itself to be a melting-pot for people of different
nationalities. It has certainly a great future in the Faith and in the world.
- Shoghi Effendi (From
a message dated 26 April 1956 written on behalf of Shoghi Effendi to the Baha'i
Community of Rio de Janeiro; ‘Afire with the Vision, Messages from Shoghi
Effendi to Latin America’)