At the express wish of the Lord Mayor, ‘Abdu’l-Bahá paid him a visit early one morning at the Mansion House. The talk turned chiefly upon the social conditions of great cities, and ‘Abdu’l-Bahá said that London was the best regulated city he had seen.
He said: “Every man walking in the street is free as if he
were in his own kingdom. There is a great spiritual light in London. The effort
made for justice is real and in this country the law is the same for the poor
as for the rich.” He took great interest in hearing of the care that is taken
of prisoners as they leave jail, and spoke of the land being happy where the
magistrates are as fathers to the people.
Before ‘Abdu’l-Bahá left London, he went to an East-end
hospital to visit there a young writer lying seriously ill, who was very
anxious to see him.
('Abdu'l-Baha in London)