It is my purpose, on the occasion of an anniversary of such
profound significance, to attempt in the succeeding pages a survey of the
outstanding events of the century that has seen this Spirit burst forth upon
the world, as well as the initial stages of its subsequent incarnation in a
System that must evolve into an Order designed to embrace the whole of mankind,
and capable of fulfilling the high destiny that awaits man on this planet.
- Shoghi Effendi (Preface to ‘God Passes By’)