of families. Therefore as strife
and dissension destroy a family and prevent its progress, so nations are
destroyed and advancement hindered.

All the heavenly books, divine prophets, sages and philosophers agree that
warfare is destructive to human development, and peace constructive. They
agree that war and strife strike at the foundations of humanity. Therefore
a power is needed to prevent war and to proclaim and establish the oneness
of humanity.

But knowledge of the need of this power is not sufficient. Realizing that
wealth is desirable is not becoming wealthy. The admission that scientific
attainment is praiseworthy does not confer scientific knowledge.
Acknowledgment of the excellence of honor does not make a man honorable.
Knowledge of human conditions and the needed remedy for them is not the
cause of their betterment. To admit that health is good does not
constitute health. A skilled physician is needed to remedy existing human
conditions. As a physician is required to have complete knowledge of
pathology, diagnosis, therapeutics and treatment, so this world physician
must be wise, skillful and capable before health will result. His mere
knowledge is not health; it must be applied and the remedy carried out.

The attainment of any object is conditioned upon knowledge, volition and
action. Unless these three conditions are forthcoming there is no
execution or accomplishment. In the erection of a house it is first
necessary to know the ground and design the house suitable for it; second,
to obtain the means or funds necessary for the construction; third, to
actually build it. Therefore a power is needed to carry out and execute
what is known and admitted to be the remedy for human conditions; namely,
the unification of mankind. Furthermore, it is evident that this cannot be
realized through material process and means. The accomplishment of this
unification cannot be through racial power, for races are different and
diverse in tendencies. It cannot be through patriotic power, for
nationalities are unlike. Nor can it be effected through political power
since the policies of governments and nations are various. That is to say,
any effort toward unification through these material means would benefit
one and injure another because of unequal and individual interests. Some
may believe this great remedy can be found in dogmatic insistence upon
imitations and interpretations. This would likewise be without foundatio