he Law of God be obeyed.

SEVENTH PRINCIPLE--EQUALITY OF MEN

'The Laws of God are not imposition of will, or of power, or pleasure, but
the resolutions of truth, reason and justice.'

All men are equal before the law, which must reign absolutely.

The object of punishment is not vengeance, but the prevention of crime.

Kings must rule with wisdom and justice; prince, peer and peasant alike
have equal rights to just treatment, there must be no favour shown to
individuals. A judge must be no 'respecter of persons', but administer the
law with strict impartiality in every case brought before him.

If a person commit a crime against you, you have not the right to forgive
him; but the law must punish him in order to prevent a repetition of that
same crime by others, as the pain of the individual is unimportant beside
the general welfare of the people.

When perfect justice reigns in every country of the Eastern and Western
World, then will the earth become a place of beauty. The dignity and
equality of every servant of God will be acknowledged; the ideal of the
solidarity of the human race, the true brotherhood of man, will be
realized; and the glorious light of the Sun of Truth will illumine the
souls of all men.

THE EIGHTH PRINCIPLE--UNIVERSAL PEACE

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A Supreme Tribunal shall be established by the peoples and Governments of
every nation, composed of members elected from each country and
Government. The members of this Great Council shall assemble in unity. All
disputes of an international character shall be submitted to this Court,
its work being to arrange by arbitration everything which otherwise would
be a cause of war. The mission of this Tribunal would be to prevent war.

One of the great steps towards universal peace would be the establishment
of a universal language. Baha'u'llah commands that the servants of
humanity should meet together, and either choose a language which now
exists, or form a new one. This was revealed in the Kitab-i-Aqdas forty
years ago. It is there pointed out that the question of diversity of
tongues is a very difficult one. There are more than eight hundred
languages in the world, and no person could acquire them all.

The races of mankind are not isolated as in former days. Now, in order to
be in close relationship with all countries it is necessary to be able to
speak their tongues.

A universal language would make intercourse poss