Mosquitoes

One person asked if, because of their abundance in Dublin, there was any good in flies or mosquitoes. ‘Abdu’l-Bahá answered, saying: . . . "The same benefit that you have given to the world, the mosquito has. You say the mosquito harms and sucks the human blood; but you kill animals and eat them. Therefore, you are more harmful than the mosquito.

Earl Redman, ‘Abdu’l-Bahá in Their Midst, p. 157
Prison of ‘Akká
Prison of ‘Akká
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