In this new and wondrous Cause, the advancement of all
branches of knowledge is a fixed and vital principle, and the friends, one and
all, are obligated to make every effort toward this end, so that the Cause of
the Manifest Light may be spread abroad, and that every child, according to his
need, will receive his share of the sciences and arts -- until not even a
single peasant's child will be found who is completely devoid of schooling.
- ‘Abdu’l-Baha (From a Tablet, ‘The Compilation of Compilations, vol. I, Baha’i
Education’)
