_ 69 Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá’u’lláh_, _op. cit._, p. 60, (section XXV). 70 Shoghi Effendi, _The World Order of Bahá’u’lláh,_ _op. cit._, p. 19. _ 71 ibid._, p. 144. 72 Shoghi Effendi, _God Passes By_, _op. cit._, p. 26. _ 73 The Bahá’í World_, vol. X (Wilmette: Bahá’í Publishing Committee, 1949), pp. 142-149, provides a detailed survey of the expansion of the Cause up to the conclusion of the first Seven Year Plan. 74 Shoghi Effendi, _Messages to Canada_, 2nd ed. (Thornhill: Bahá’í Canada Publications, 1999), p. 114. 75 Shoghi Effendi, _God Passes By_, _op. cit._, p. 365. _ 76 Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá’u’lláh_, _op. cit._, p. 200, (section XCIX). 77 Bahá’u’lláh, _The Kitáb-i-Íqán_ (Wilmette: Bahá’í Publishing Trust, 1983), p. 31. 78 “In Europe at the start of the twentieth century, most people accepted the authority of morality.... [Then] reflective Europeans were also able to believe in moral progress, and to see human viciousness and barbarism as in retreat. At the end of the century, it is hard to be confident either about the moral law or about moral progress”: Jonathon Glover, _Humanity: A Moral History of the Twentieth Century_ (London: Jonathan Cape, 1999), p. 1. Glover’s study concentrates particularly on the rise and influence of twentieth century ideologies. 79 Shoghi Effendi, _The Promised Day is Come_, _op. cit._, pp. 185-186. _ 80 ibid._ _ 81 Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá’u’lláh_, _op. cit._, pp. 65-66, (section XXVII). _ 82 ibid._, pp. 41-42, (section XVII). _ 83 Women: Extracts from the Writings of Bahá’u’lláh, ‘Abdu’l-Bahá, Shoghi Effendi and the Universal House of Justice_, compiled by the Research Department of the Universal House of Justice (Thornhill: Bahá’í Canada Publications, 1986), p. 50. 84 Shoghi Effendi, _Messages to America_ (Wilmette: Bahá’í Publishing Committee, 1947), p. 28. _ 85 ibid._, pp. 9, 10, 14, 22. _ 86 ibid._, p. 28. 87 Rúḥíyyih Rabbání, _The Priceless Pearl_, _op. cit._, p. 382. 88 Shoghi Effendi, _Messages to America_, _op. cit._, p. 53. 89 Shoghi Effendi, _The World Order of Bahá’u’lláh,_ _op. cit._, p. 46. 90 ‘Abdu’l-Bahá in Canada, _op. cit._, p. 51. 91 ‘Abdu’l-Bahá, _The Promulgation of Universal Peace_, _op. cit._, p. 377. 92 ‘Abdu’l-Bahá, _Foundations of World Unity_ (Wilmette: Bahá’í Publishing Trust, 1979), p. 21.