ation
of Baha'u'llah. A proper understanding of this concept gives the key to an
adequate appreciation of the tremendous claim made by the Author of the
Faith, both with regard to His own station, and to the incomparable
greatness of His Dispensation.

(12 October 1936 to an individual believer) [63]

64: With reference to the question you have asked concerning the time
and...

With reference to the question you have asked concerning the time and
means through which the Lesser and Most Great Peace, referred to by
Baha'u'llah, will be established, following the coming World War: Your
view that the Lesser Peace will come about through the political efforts
of the states and nations of the world, and independently of any direct
Baha'i plan or effort, and the Most Great Peace be established through the
instrumentality of the believers, and by the direct operation of the laws
and principles revealed by Baha'u'llah and the functioning of the
Universal House of Justice as the supreme organ of the Baha'i
superstate--your view on this subject is quite correct and in full accord
with the pronouncements of the Guardian as embodied in "The Unfoldment of
World Civilization".

(14 March 1939 to the National Spiritual Assembly of the United States and
Canada, and to an individual believer) [64]

65: Though it is premature to try and endeavour to foresee on what
basis...

Though it is premature to try and endeavour to foresee on what basis
various nations would be represented on any international council, or in
any international form of government, it is clear that from the Baha'i
standpoint it could only be carried out on a basis of true justice; and
justice does not imply one race having a preponderating vote over some
other race's representatives, and thus being in a position to dominate
them.

(12 April 1942 to an individual believer) [65]

66: What 'Abdu'l-Baha meant about the women arising for peace is that this
is a...

What 'Abdu'l-Baha meant about the women arising for peace is that this is
a matter which vitally affects women, and when they form a conscious and
overwhelming mass of public opinion against war there can be no war. The
Baha'i women are already organized through being members of the Faith and
the Administrative Order. No further organization is needed. But they
should, through teaching and through the active moral support they give to
every movement directed towards peace, seek