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"Shoghi Effendi was deeply saddened to learn from your letter... of the..."
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Shoghi Effendi was deeply saddened to learn from your letter... of the
rather serious situation which your daughter's conduct and her general attitude
towards the Cause have created...
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Although he highly deplores this fact, and is fully aware of the bad
repercussions which it may have on the Cause, yet he feels that nothing short
of your motherly care and love and of the counsels which you and the friends
can give her, can effectively remedy this situation. Above all, you should be
patient, and confident that your efforts to that end are being sustained and
guided through the confirmations of Bahá'u'lláh. He is surely hearing your
prayers, and will no doubt accept them, and thus hasten the gradual and
complete materialization of your hopes and expectations for your daughter and
for the Cause.
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The Guardian would advise you, therefore, not to take any drastic action
with regard to your daughter's attendance at the meetings... For in this way
there is much greater chance to reform her character than through force or any
other drastic method. Love and kindness have far greater influence than
punishment upon the improvement of human character.
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The Guardian, therefore, trusts that by this means you will succeed in
gradually introducing a fundamental change in your daughter's life, and also in
making of her a better and truer believer. He is fervently praying on her
behalf that she may fully attain this station.
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(From a letter dated 26 January 1935 written on behalf of Shoghi
Effendi to an individual believer) [116]
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