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The cause of universal education, which has already enlisted in its service
an army of dedicated people from every faith and nation, deserves the utmost
support that the governments of the world can lend it. For ignorance is
indisputably the principal reason for the decline and fall of peoples and
the perpetuation of prejudice. No nation can achieve success unless education
is accorded all its citizens. Lack of resources limits the ability of many
nations to fulfil this necessity, imposing a certain ordering of priorities.
The decision-making
agencies involved would do well to consider giving first priority to the
education of women and girls, since it is through educated mothers that
the benefits of knowledge can be most effectively and rapidly diffused
throughout society. In keeping with the requirements of the times, consideration
should also be given to teaching the concept of world citizenship as part
of the standard education of every child.
(Letters
of The Universal House of Justice, 1985 Oct, The
Promise of World Peace, p. 3)
The Bahá'í Terraces on Mount Carmel in Haifa, Israel. 
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Location, location, location. Those are called the three most important guidelines in real estate -- and taking notice of them has helped boost visitor numbers at a Bahá'í bookstore here in the nation's second biggest city.
The number of customers, browsers, and window shoppers has increased since the bookshop -- "Hidden Words: Bahá'í Books and Information" -- moved recently from a small shopping arcade to a nearby prominent location on a main road.
Its new spot is near a busy intersection close to both the Hawthorn Town Hall and one of Melbourne's major universities, and in a restaurant precinct.
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