divine verses. I cherish the
hope that thou wilt be one of them, wilt cast forth pearls, wilt be
constantly engaged in singing His praise and wilt intone celestial strains
in glorification of His attributes....

(From a Tablet - translated from the Persian) [40]

41: ...Thou hast written about the girls' school. What was previously
written...

...Thou hast written about the girls' school. What was previously written
still holdeth true. There can be no improvement unless the girls are
brought up in schools and centres of learning, unless they are taught the
sciences and other branches of knowledge, and unless they acquire the
manifold arts, as necessary, and are divinely trained. For the day will
come when these girls will become mothers. Mothers are the first educators
of children, who establish virtues in the child's inner nature. They
encourage the child to acquire perfections and goodly manners, warn him
against unbecoming qualities, and encourage him to show forth resolve,
firmness, and endurance under hardship, and to advance on the high road to
progress. Due regard for the education of girls is, therefore, necessary.
This is a very important subject, and it should be administered and
organized under the aegis of the Spiritual Assembly....

(From a Tablet - translated from the Persian) [41]

42: ...it is incumbent upon the girls of this glorious era to be fully
versed in...

...it is incumbent upon the girls of this glorious era to be fully versed
in the various branches of knowledge, in sciences and the arts and all the
wonders of this pre-eminent time, that they may then educate their
children and train them from their earliest days in the ways of
perfection.

(From a Tablet - translated from the Persian) [42]

43: Furthermore, the education of woman is more necessary and important
than...

Furthermore, the education of woman is more necessary and important than
that of man, for woman is the trainer of the child from its infancy. If
she be defective and imperfect herself, the child will necessarily be
deficient; therefore, imperfection of woman implies a condition of
imperfection in all mankind, for it is the mother who rears, nurtures and
guides the growth of the child. This is not the function of the father. If
the educator be incompetent, the educated will be correspondingly lacking.
This is evident and incontrovertible. Could the student be brilliant and
accomplished if the teach