Baha'u'llah & the New Era by -J. Esslemont- 1 Para

..You can best serve your country, was 'Abdul-Baha's rejoiner to a high official in the service of the federal government of the United States.. who had questioned Him as to the best manner in which he could promote the interests of his government and people, if you strive, in your capacity as a citizen of the world, to assist in the eventual application of the principle of federalism underlying the government of your own country to the relationships now existing between the peoples and nations of the world... (275:1)

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