ughter, Lydia, became an active
Baha'i.

29 1868 to 1870.

30 The author wrote this passage in 1919-1920.

31 The same considerations apply to the United Nations Organization.

32 See also section on Treatment of Criminals, pp. 153-155.

33 This date coincides with the birth of 'Abdu'l-Baha.

34 (Pronounced Azkar).

35 In connection with the Ma_sh_riqu'l-A_dh_kar it is interesting to
recall Tennyson's lines:--

I dreamed
That stone by stone I reared a sacred fane,
A temple, neither Pagod, Mosque nor Church,
But loftier, simpler, always open-doored
To every breath from heaven, and Truth and Peace
And Love and Justice came and dwelt therein."

Akbar's Dream, 1892

36 This first House of Worship was seriously damaged in an earthquake
in 1948 and had to be demolished some years later.

37 This Temple was completed in 1953. Since then other Baha'i Temples
have been constructed in Kampala, Uganda; Sydney, Australia;
Frankfurt, Germany; Panama City, Panama; and two more are being
built in India and Samoa. At the present time, 1979, sites for 123
others have been purchased. (See Epilogue)

38 The word "species" is used here to explain the distinction which has
always existed between men and animals, despite outward appearances.
It should not be read with its current specialized biological
meaning.

39 The Second World War further demonstrated the fulfillment of this
prophecy, culminating in the use of the atomic bomb.

40 This has been further evidenced by the Second World War.

41 It is of interest that the charter meeting of the United Nations
Organization was held in San Francisco.

42 Lord Curzon, in his book, Persia and the Persian Question, published
in 1892, the year of Baha'u'llah's death, writes:--

"The lowest estimate places the present number of Babis in Persia at
half a million. I am disposed to think, from conversations with
persons well qualified to judge, that the total is nearer one
million. They are to be found in every walk of life, from the
ministers and nobles of the Court to the scavenger or the groom, not
the least arena of their activity being the Mussulman priesthood
itself....

"If Babism continues to grow at its present rate of progression, a