He was very happy to see that changes had been made in the
membership of the National Spiritual Assembly this year, not from any reasons
of personality, but because change itself is good and brings a fresh outlook
into the discussions of any Assembly. He was also pleased to see that these
changes involved more younger people being on the National Spiritual Assembly;
with the tremendous amount of work which this second Seven Year Plan is going
to involve, this will be a great help to the older members of that body.
- Shoghi Effendi (From
a letter dated 21 May 1946 written on behalf of Shoghi Effendi to an individual
believer; The Compilation of Compilations, vol. II, National Spiritual
Assembly)