Let them, freely and without charge, open the doors of their schools and
their higher institutions for the study of sciences and the liberal arts, to
non-Bahá’í children and youth who are poor and in need.
…and next is the propagation of learning and the promulgation of
Bahá’í rules of conduct, practices and laws. At this time, when the nation
has awakened out of its sleep of negligence, and the Government has begun to
consider the promotion and expansion of its educational establishment, let the
Bahá’í representatives in that country arise in such a manner that as a
result of their high endeavours in every hamlet, village and town, of every
province and district, preliminary measures will be taken for the setting up of
institutions for the study of sciences, the liberal arts and religion. Let
Bahá’í children without any exceptions learn the fundamentals of reading and
writing and familiarize themselves with the rules of conduct, the customs,
practices and laws as set forth in the Book of God; and let them, in the new
branches of knowledge, in the arts and technology of the day, in pure and
praiseworthy characteristics—Bahá’í conduct, the Bahá’í way of life—become so distinguished above the rest that all other communities, whether
Islamic, Zoroastrian, Christian, Judaic or materialist, will of their own
volition and most gladly enter their children in such advanced Bahá’í
institutions of learning and entrust them to the care of Bahá’í instructors.
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