olutely unique, for this is their first
Plan, and consequently the most historic one of the many they will, no
doubt, carry out in future decades. To fail, so near to victory, would
indeed be sad, and he cannot but suppose, would be a severe blow to that
stubborn British pride which is so famous for its tenacity of purpose!
However he himself is not thinking in terms of their failure, but rather
believes they can, by one last determined drive, be successful, even if
they feel some exhaustion at the end of their race against time. They
must, likewise, at this crucial hour, remember that failure or success are
never confined to the immediate community concerned, but have wide
repercussions. Their success will not only greatly enhance their prestige
in the Baha'i World, but will inspire the often flagging efforts of the
believers in the East, who have so many obstacles to overcome, and are by
nature and experience more prone to become disheartened in the execution
of fixed tasks.

It was the success of America's first Seven Year Plan which so stimulated
the British community that it, in its turn, was determined to have a Plan
and a victory of its own. Now it really cannot lose; it has gone too far,
laboured too brilliantly, shown too much courage and high sacrifice, to
let, at the last minute, the prize fall from its grasp!

His prayers and thoughts are with you all, constantly, and with all the
believers, toiling so devotedly all over the British Isles....

[From the Guardian:]

Dear and valued co-workers,

As the Plan, to which the entire British community has pledged its
support, approaches its end, my heart turns with increasing longing and
expectation, towards those who so spontaneously initiated it, so
enthusiastically set it in motion, so valiantly overthrew the barriers
that confronted them in the initial stage of its unfoldment, who so
unitedly consecrated their efforts to its subsequent development, and who
are now within sight of its final consummation. I cannot believe that a
community which, motivated by so noble an impulse, capable of such
prodigious efforts, dedicated so whole-heartedly to so gigantic a task,
blessed by so many evidences of Divine assistance and guidance, enriched
by the first fruits garnered in the course of the execution of a
splendidly conceived enterprise, will allow, at the very moment when final
victory is, at long last, within sight, through a momentary relaxation of
effort, the