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Letter of 27 December 1934 |
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You will find, after going carefully over the text, that except
for Article VIII which is being amended, it is fully identical with
the constitution adopted by the American N.S.A., and as such is
in close conformity with the principles laid down by the
Guardian concerning national Bahá’í constitutions throughout
the world.
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He feels it his duty, now that your N.S.A. is taking steps for
its formal registration in the Government, to earnestly request
you to adopt, in its entirety and without any alteration, the full
text of the constitution of the American N.S.A. so as to maintain
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the necessary uniformity in the essential principles of the
Administrative Order. Whatever is not specified in the text of
this national constitution, the Guardian has already explained to
the National Assemblies of America, India, Egypt, ‘Iráq and
Persia, is to be left to the discretion of these Assemblies. He does
not object if there be any differences in these secondary matters,
but he feels that he should insist on uniformity in essentials.
Diversity in unity—which is so vital and basic a principle of the
Movement—would thereby be maintained.
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