The university training which you are receiving at present
will be of immense help to you in your efforts to present the Message in
intellectual circles. In these days when people are so sceptical about religion
and look with so much contempt towards religious organizations and movements,
there seems to be more need than ever for our young Bahá'ís to be well equipped
intellectually, so that they may be in a position to present the Message in a
befitting way, and in a manner that would convince every unbiased observer of
the effectiveness and power of the Teachings.
- Shoghi Effendi (From a letter dated 5 May 1934
written on behalf of Shoghi Effendi to an individual believer; The Compilation
of Compilations, vol. III, Scholarship)
