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Two points bear emphasizing
in all these issues. One is that the abolition of war is not simply a
matter of signing treaties and protocols; it is a complex task requiring
a new level of commitment to resolving issues not customarily associated
with the pursuit of peace. Based on political agreements alone, the idea
of collective security is a chimera. The other point is that the primary
challenge in dealing with issues of peace is to raise the context to the
level of principle, as distinct from pure pragmatism. For, in essence,
peace stems from an inner state supported by a spiritual or moral attitude,
and it is chiefly in evoking this attitude that the possibility of enduring
solutions can be found.
A model of the Bahá'í House of Worship for South America superimposed on a photograph of the site north of Santiago, Chile. 
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(Letters
of The Universal House of Justice, 1985 Oct, The
Promise of World Peace, p. 3)
    
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Styles ranged from Western classical music and modern popular music, to traditional Persian songs and, most dramatically, African-American gospel.
On stage with the choir was the Budapest Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Mr. Price, a composer from Nashville, Tennessee, who founded Voices of Bahá. (The choir's name is a reference to Bahá'u'lláh.)
The concert in Budapest was the starting point of a tour that was to take the choir to Prague, Warsaw, Berlin, Wernigerode and Frankfurt.
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