February 18

He feels that to distribute Bahá’í pamphlets from door to door, as prepared by [a Local Spiritual Assembly], is undignified and might create a bad impression of the Faith. No doubt, it is the eagerness and devotion of the friends there that led them to make this proposal, but he does not think the best interests of the Cause are served by such a method. 

- Shoghi Effendi  (From a message dated 20 October 1956 written on behalf of Shoghi Effendi to NSA of Canada; ‘Messages to Canada’)