20: So long as these prejudices [religious, racial, national, political] survive,... 21: At present universal peace is a matter of great importance, but unity of... 22: True civilization will unfurl its banner in the midmost heart of the world... 23: In cycles gone by, though harmony was established, yet, owing to the... 24: ...every great Cause in this world of existence findeth visible expression... 25: As far as possible, rest thou not for a moment, travel to the North and... 26: Chaos and confusion are daily increasing in the world. They will attain... EXTRACTS FROM THE UTTERANCES OF ‘ABDU’L-BAHÁ 27: Today the world of humanity is in need of international unity and... 28: We will pray that the ensign of international peace may be uplifted and that... 29: Today the greatest need of the world of humanity is discontinuance of the... 30: ...because I find the American nation so capable of achievement and this... 31: In past ages humanity has been defective and inefficient because it has been... 32: All of us know that international peace is good, that it is conducive to human... 33: This has come to pass. The powers of earth cannot withstand the... 34: The most momentous question of this day is international peace and... 35: Now the glorious and brilliant twentieth century has dawned, and the divine... 36: He promulgated the adoption of the same course of education for man and... 37: The world is in greatest need of international peace. Until it is... 38: I find these two great American nations [the United States and Canada] highly... 39: The world of humanity is possessed of two wings: the male and the female.... 40: A Supreme Tribunal shall be elected by the peoples and governments of... 41: A Supreme Tribunal shall be established by the peoples and Governments of... 42: As to the question of disarmament, all nations must disarm at the same... 43: Once the Parliament of Man is established and its constituent parts... 44: Every century holds the solution of one predominating problem. Although... 46: By what process, continued the questioner, will this peace on earth be... EXTRACTS FROM THE WRITINGS OF SHOGHI EFFENDI 47: Dearly-beloved friends! Humanity, whether viewed in the light of man’s... 48: No machinery falling short of the standard inculcated by the Bahá’í... 49: The world-shaking ordeal which Bahá’u’lláh, as quoted in the foregoing pages,... 50: The world is, in truth, moving on towards its destiny. The... 51: The principle of collective security He [Bahá’u’lláh] unreservedly urges;... 52: During this Formative Age of the Faith, and in the course of the present... 53: The raising of this Edifice will in turn herald the construction, in the... EXTRACTS FROM LETTERS WRITTEN ON BEHALF OF SHOGHI EFFENDI