an
her exalted parentage, entitle her to the distinction of ranking as the
outstanding heroine of the Baha'i Dispensation, were ... included among
the exiles who were now bidding their last farewell to their native
country.

32: ...as a further testimony to the majestic ...

(70) ...as a further testimony to the majestic unfoldment and progressive
consolidation of the stupendous undertaking launched by Baha'u'llah on
that holy mountain, may be mentioned the selection of a portion of the
school property situated in the precincts of the Shrine of the Bab as a
permanent resting-place for the Greatest Holy Leaf, the 'well-beloved'
sister of 'Abdu'l-Baha, the 'Leaf that hath sprung' from the 'Pre-existent
Root', the 'fragrance' of Baha'u'llah's 'shining robe', elevated by Him to
a 'station such as none other woman hath surpassed', and comparable in
rank to those immortal heroines such as Sarah, Asiyih, the Virgin Mary,
Fatimih and Tahirih, each of whom has outshone every member of her sex in
previous Dispensations.

33: The raising of this Edifice will in turn ...

(71) The raising of this Edifice(72) will in turn herald the construction,
in the course of successive epochs of the Formative Age of the Faith, of
several other structures...

These Edifices will, in the shape of a far-flung arc, and following a
harmonizing style of architecture, surround the resting-places of the
Greatest Holy Leaf, ranking as foremost among the members of her sex in
the Baha'i Dispensation, of her Brother, offered up as a ransom by
Baha'u'llah for the quickening of the world and its unification, and of
their Mother, proclaimed by Him to be His chosen 'consort in all the
worlds of God'.

IV: PASSAGES FROM LETTERS WRITTEN ON BEHALF OF SHOGHI EFFENDI

1: Your touching words in connection with the ...

(73) Your touching words in connection with the sudden removal of the
Greatest Holy Leaf from their(74) midst have greatly alleviated the burden
of sorrow that weighs so heavily upon their hearts and have demonstrated
that in their great and irreparable loss the friends are faithfully
sharing their sorrow and grief.

The passing of the Greatest Holy Leaf, so tragic in its suddenness, has,
indeed, divested the Holy Family of its unique adornment and the Baha'i
world at large of one of its noblest and most precious members. She was to
us all not only a true friend but the real embodiment of those traits and
ch