153-155.
33 This date coincides with the birth of 'Abdu'l-Baha.
34 (Pronounced Azkar).
35 In connection with the Ma_sh_riqu'l-A_dh_kar it is interesting to recall Tennyson's lines:-- I dreamed That stone by stone I reared a sacred fane, A temple, neither Pagod, Mosque nor Church, But loftier, simpler, always open-doored To every breath from heaven, and Truth and Peace And Love and Justice came and dwelt therein." Akbar's Dream, 1892 36 This first House of Worship was seriously damaged in an earthquake in 1948 and had to be demolished some years later.
37 This Temple was completed in 1953.

Since then other Baha'i Temples have been constructed in Kampala, Uganda; Sydney, Australia; Frankfurt, Germany; Panama City, Panama; and two more are being built in India and Samoa.

At the present time, 1979, sites for 123 others have been purchased.

(See Epilogue) 38 The word "species" is used here to explain the distinction which has always existed between men and animals, despite outward appearances.
It should not be read with its current specialized biological meaning.
39 The Second World War further demonstrated the fulfillment of this prophecy, culminating in the use of the atomic bomb.
40 This has been further evidenced by the Second World War.
41 It is of interest that the charter meeting of the United Nations Organization was held in San Francisco.
42 Lord Curzon, in his book, Persia and the Persian Question, published in 1892, the year of Baha'u'llah's death, writes:-- "The lowest estimate places the present number of Babis in Persia at half a million.

I am disposed to think, from conversations with persons well qualified to judge, that the total is nearer one million.