... February 8, 1934.

The contrast between the accumulating evidences of steady
consolidation that accompany the rise of the Administrative Order
of the Faith of God, and the forces of disintegration which batter
at the fabric of a travailing society, is as clear as it is
arresting. Both within and outside the Baha'i world the signs and
tokens which, in a mysterious manner, are heralding the birth of
that World Order, the establishment of which must signalize the
Golden Age of the Cause of God, are growing and multiplying day by
day....

"Soon," Baha'u'llah's own words proclaim it, "will the present day
Order be rolled up, and a new one spread out in its stead." ...

The Revelation of Baha'u'llah ... should ... be regarded as
signalizing through its advent the coming of age of the entire
human race. It should be viewed not merely as yet another
spiritual revival in the ever-changing fortunes of mankind, not
only as a further stage in a chain of progressive Revelations, nor
even as the culmination of one of a series of recurrent prophetic
cycles, but rather as marking the last and highest stage in the
stupendous evolution of man's collective life on this planet. The
emergence of a world community, the consciousness of world
citizenship, the founding of a world civilization and culture ...
should ... be regarded, as far as this planetary life is
concerned, as the furthermost limits in the organization of human
society, though man, as an individual, will, nay must indeed as a
result of such a consummation, continue indefinitely to progress
and develop. ...

The unity of the human race, as envisaged by Baha'u'llah, implies
the establishment of a world commonwealth in which all nations,
races, creeds and classes are closely and permanently united, and
in which the autonomy of its state members and the personal
freedom and initiative of the individuals that compose them are
definitely and completely safeguarded. This commonwealth must, as
far as we can visualize it, consist of a world legislature, whose
members will, as the trustees of the whole of mankind, ultimately
control the entire resources of all the component nations, and
will enact such laws as shall be required to regulate the life,
satisfy the needs and adjust the relationships of all races and
people