Words to Fugeta, Dr. Esslemont et al, spoken on 1920-01-04
OOL 06 00264 Phelps: ABU 0267
ABU 0267‘Abdu’l-Bahá
Reported Utterance
Words to Fugeta, Dr. Esslemont et al, spoken on 1920-01-04
790 words
Question:
Would it be wrong to keep out of controversy?... When it comes to a matter of principle, should one go against one's conscience?
Translation:
Provisional translation
When one is quiet the thing is forgotten. When discussion is forbidden the matter will be dropped... You cannot go according to an individual's conscience... It is the explicitly text that no one should disagree... The purpose of this is that no one may say that the House of Justice has made a mistake.