His Visit to the United States and Canada in 1912", pp. 134-35)
[34]

35: Now the glorious and brilliant twentieth century has dawned, and the
divine...

Now the glorious and brilliant twentieth century has dawned, and the
divine bounty is radiating universally....

Truly, this can be called the miracle of centuries, for it is replete with
manifestations of the miraculous. The time has come when all mankind shall
be united, when all races shall be loyal to one fatherland, all religions
become one religion, and racial and religious bias pass away. It is a day
in which the oneness of humankind shall uplift its standard and
international peace, like the true morning, flood the world with its
light....

("The Promulgation of Universal Peace: Talks Delivered by 'Abdu'l-Baha
during His Visit to the United States and Canada in 1912", p. 153) [35]

36: He promulgated the adoption of the same course of education for man
and...

He promulgated the adoption of the same course of education for man and
woman. Daughters and sons must follow the same curriculum of study,
thereby promoting unity of the sexes. When all mankind shall receive the
same opportunity of education and the equality of men and women be
realized, the foundations of war will be utterly destroyed. Without
equality this will be impossible because all differences and distinction
are conducive to discord and strife. Equality between men and women is
conducive to the abolition of warfare for the reason that women will never
be willing to sanction it. Mothers will not give their sons as sacrifices
upon the battlefield after twenty years of anxiety and loving devotion in
rearing them from infancy, no matter what cause they are called upon to
defend. There is no doubt that when women obtain equality of rights, war
will entirely cease among mankind.

("The Promulgation of Universal Peace: Talks Delivered by 'Abdu'l-Baha
during His Visit to the United States and Canada in 1912", p. 175) [36]

37: The world is in greatest need of international peace. Until it is...

The world is in greatest need of international peace. Until it is
established, mankind will not attain composure and tranquillity. It is
necessary that the nations and governments organize an international
tribunal to which all their disputes and differences shall be referred.
The decision of that tribunal shall be final. Individual controversy will
be adjudged by a local tribuna