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`Abdu'l-Bahá in London
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Pages 67-68
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Notes of a conversation with `Abdu'l-Bahá
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A COLOURED man from South Africa
who was visiting `Abdu'l-Bahá, said
that even now no white people really
cared very much for the black man.
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`Abdu'l-Bahá replies: Compare the present
time and the feeling towards the coloured people
now, with the state of feeling two or three
hundred years ago, and see how much better it is
at present. In a short time the relationship
between the coloured and white people will still
further improve, and bye and bye no difference
will be felt between them. White doves and purple
doves exist, but both kinds are doves.
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Bahá'u'lláh once compared the coloured people
to the black pupil of the eye surrounded by the
white. In this black pupil you see the reflection of
that which is before it, and through it the light of
the Spirit shines forth.
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In the sight of God colour makes no difference
at all, He looks at the hearts of men. That which
God desires from men is the heart. A black man
with a good character is far superior to a white
man with a character that is less good.
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