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96
O handmaids of the Merciful! Render ye thanks
unto the Ancient Beauty that ye have been raised up and
gathered together in this mightiest of centuries, this most
illumined of ages. As befitting thanks for such a bounty,
stand ye staunch and strong in the Covenant and, following
the precepts of God and the holy Law, suckle your children
from their infancy with the milk of a universal education,
and rear them so that from their earliest days, within their
inmost heart, their very nature, a way of life will be firmly
established that will conform to the divine Teachings in all
things.
For mothers are the first educators, the first mentors; and
truly it is the mothers who determine the happiness, the
future greatness, the courteous ways and learning and judgement,
the understanding and the faith of their little ones.
Selections from the Writings of `Abdu'l-Bahá
pages 125-126
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