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It is true that `Abdu'l-Bahá 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-Bahá assures us,
will, in this century, be securely established."
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