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98
Were there no educator, all souls would remain
savage, and were it not for the teacher, the children would
be ignorant creatures.
It is for this reason that, in this new cycle, education and
training are recorded in the Book of God as obligatory and
not voluntary. That is, it is enjoined upon the father and
mother, as a duty, to strive with all effort to train the
daughter and the son, to nurse them from the breast of
knowledge and to rear them in the bosom of sciences and
arts. Should they neglect this matter, they shall be held
responsible and worthy of reproach in the presence of the
stern Lord.
Selections from the Writings of `Abdu'l-Bahá
pages 126-127
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