nd lead all the rest.

Let them, freely and without charge, open the doors of their schools and
their higher institutions for the study of sciences and the liberal arts,
to non-Baha'i children and youth who are poor and in need. ...and next is
the propagation of learning and the promulgation of Baha'i rules of
conduct, practices and laws. At this time, when the nation has awakened
out of its sleep of negligence, and the Government has begun to consider
the promotion and expansion of its educational establishment, let the
Baha'i representatives in that country arise in such a manner that as a
result of their high endeavours in every hamlet, village and town, of
every province and district, preliminary measures will be taken for the
setting up of institutions for the study of sciences, the liberal arts and
religion. Let Baha'i children without any exceptions learn the
fundamentals of reading and writing and familiarize themselves with the
rules of conduct, the customs, practices and laws as set forth in the Book
of God; and let them, in the new branches of knowledge, in the arts and
technology of the day, in pure and praiseworthy characteristics--Baha'i
conduct, the Baha'i way of life--become so distinguished above the rest
that all other communities, whether Islamic, Zoroastrian, Christian,
Judaic or materialist, will of their own volition and most gladly enter
their children in such advanced Baha'i institutions of learning and
entrust them to the care of Baha'i instructors.

So too is the promotion and execution of the laws set forth in the Book of
God.

(From a letter dated January 1929 written by Shoghi Effendi to the
believers of the East--translated from the Persian) [108]

"109: Your short but impressive letter addressed to Shoghi Effendi was
received...."

Your short but impressive letter addressed to Shoghi Effendi was received.
He perused it with deep interest and charged me to thank you on his behalf
and to express his fondest hopes that you will pursue with an abiding zeal
your academic studies. Being a Baha'i you are certainly aware of the fact
that Baha'u'llah considered education as one of the most fundamental
factors of a true civilization. This education, however, in order to be
adequate and fruitful, should be comprehensive in nature and should take
into consideration not only the physical and the intellectual side of man
but also his spiritual and ethical aspects. This should be the programm