he was 73 and beset with physical disabilities, including a paralysed right side as a result of two strokes, and glaucoma in both eyes, for which he had undergone surgery. Despite bemoaning his frailty and regretting that he felt unable to "do more … for humanity", he nevertheless managed to contribute time and energy to promoting the Faith. In his article, World unity on our Small Terrestial Globe, he pointed out that becoming a member of the Bahá’í Faith and establishing Bahá’í groups was one way in which to work towards world unity, which he focused on as soon as becoming a Bahá’í. Shortly after the passing of ‘Abdu’l-Bahá, correspondence between Forel and Mr. ‘Abdu’l- Husayn Isfahání addressed the importance of carrying on ‘Abdu’l-Bahá's work, and by the end of March 1922 tentative plans were underway for the founding of a Bahá’í group in Lausanne, with the first meeting taking place on 13 May 1922. The Bahá’í Group also produced printed materials including a list of Bahá’í principles, which Forel also included in a letter to the French Minister of Foreign Affairs in April 1925. Eager to proclaim his endorsement of the Bahá’í teachings, Forel contributed articles for Bahá’í publications, as well as personal works including Philosophie Popular, Mensonge ou Erreur chez l’homie Normal, Der Weg zur Culture, and Les Etats Unis de la Terre, originally written in 1914 before the concept of a League of Nations had been born, with an appendix added later devoted to the Bahá’í Faith. In January 1922 his article L’action morale et l’education sociale, which was devoted entirely to the Bahá’í Faith, and which he considered as being one of his most important, appeared in the first edition of a publication entitled Aujourd’hui’, reappearing in April of the same year in L'Idée libre with the new title, La Religion des Béhá’ís. In 1923 J.E. Esslemont's book, Baha’u’llah and the New Era, was published in England, and after having read it Forel prepared a summary which he published in several newspapers, causing a reaction in one by unreservedly stating, “Let us all, men and women alike, now become Bahá’ís". Forel corresponded with several prominent Bahá’ís in Europe, Persia and the US, including the world teacher Martha Root, who he met in person in 1929 during her visit to Switzerland. Her impression of Forel was of a truly “glorious and loving apostle of Bahá’u’lláh“, who shared