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05/23/1844 - 11/28/1921 Persian born as `Abbás Effendí in Tehran to an aristocratic family, was the eldest son of Bahá'u'lláh, the founder of the Bahá'í Faith. In 1892, `Abdu'l-Bahá was appointed in his father's will to be his successor and head of the Bahá'í Faith. .

"“We know the effects of war are bad. So let us try, as an experiment, peace, and if the results of peace are bad, then we can choose if it would be better to go back to the old state of war!”"

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"Do not think the peace of the world an ideal impossible to attain! Nothing is impossible to the Divine Benevolence of God."

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"The cause of peace is a very great cause; it is the cause of God…"

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"Life in man should be like a flame, warming all with whom it comes into contact."

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"As the instruments and science of war have reached the degree of thoroughness and proficiency, it is hoped that the transformation of the human world is at hand and that in the coming centuries all the energies and inventions of man will be utilized in promoting the interests of peace and brotherhood."

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