, are fully recognized by Baha'u'llah. He writes:--

In this day the mysteries of this earth are unfolded and visible
before the eyes, and the pages of swiftly appearing newspapers are
indeed the mirror of the world; they display the doings and
actions of the different nations; they both illustrate them and
cause them to be heard. Newspapers are as a mirror endowed with
hearing, sight and speech; they are a wonderful phenomenon and a
great matter.

But it behooves the writers and editors thereof to be sanctified
from the prejudice of egotism and desire, and to be adorned with
the ornament of equity and justice. They must inquire into matters
as fully as possible in order that they may be informed of the
real facts, and commit the same to writing. Concerning this
wronged one, what the newspapers have published has for the most
part been devoid of truth. Good speech and truthfulness are, in
loftiness of position and rank, like the sun which has risen from
the horizon of the heaven of knowledge.--Tablet of Tarazat.

CHAPTER 10: THE WAY TO PEACE

Today, this Servant has assuredly come to vivify the world and to bring
into unity all who are on the face of the earth. That which God willeth
shall come to pass and thou shalt see the earth even as the Abha (Most
Glorious) Paradise.--BAHA'U'LLAH, Tablet to the Ra'is.

Conflict versus Concord

During the past century scientists have devoted and immense amount of
study to the struggle for existence in the plant and animal world, and,
amid the perplexities of social life, many have turned for guidance to the
principles which have been found to hold good in the lower world of
nature. In this way they have come to regard rivalry and conflict as
necessities of life, and the ruthless killing out of the weaker members of
society as a legitimate or even necessary means of improving the race.
Baha'u'llah tells us, on the other hand, that, if we wish to ascend the
scale of progress, instead of looking backward to the animal world, we
must direct our gaze forward and upward, and must take not the beasts, but
the Prophets as our guides. The principles of unity, concord and
compassion taught by the Prophets are the very antithesis of those
dominating the animal struggle for self-preservation, and we must choose
between them, for they cannot be reconciled. 'Abdu'l-Baha says:--

In the world of nat