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`Abdu'l-Bahá in London
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Page 94
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Esperanto
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A friend enquired concerning Bahá'u'lláh's
prophecy in the Words of Paradise, that a universal
language would be formed, and desired to know if
Esperanto would be the language chosen.
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"The love and effort put into Esperanto will not
be lost," he answered, "but no one person can
construct a Universal Language. It must be made
by a Council representing all countries, and must
contain words from different languages. It will be
governed by the simplest rules, and there will be
no exceptions; neither will there be gender, nor
extra and silent letters. Everything indicated will
have but one name. In Arabic there are hundreds
of names for the camel! In the schools of each
nation the mother tongue will be taught, as well
as the revised Universal Language."
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