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It is true that Abdu'l- Baha made statements linking the establishment of the unity of nations to the twentieth century. For example: "The fifth candle is the unity of nations-- a unity which, in this century, will be securely established, causing all the peoples of the world to regard themselves as citizens of one common fatherland." And, in The "Promised Day Is Come", following a similar statement quoted from "Some Answered Questions", Shoghi Effendi makes this comment: "This is the stage which the world is now approaching, the stage of world unity, which, as Abdu'l- Baha assures us, will, in this century, be securely established." (36:4)

There is also this statement from a letter written in 1946 to an individual believer on behalf of the beloved Guardian by his secretary: (36:5)

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