Historians cannot be sure Socrates did not visit the Holy
Land. But believing as we do that ‘Abdu’l-Bahá had an intuitive knowledge quite
different from our own, we accept His authority on this matter....
- Shoghi Effendi (From a
letter dated 7 June 1946 written on behalf of Shoghi Effendi; ‘Arohanui:
Letters from Shoghi Effendi to New Zealand’)