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their ministers will attend, and to enforce whatever
measures are required to establish unity and concord
amongst men. They must put away the weapons of
war, and turn to the instruments of universal reconstruction.
Should one king rise up against another,
all the other kings must arise to deter him. Arms and
armaments will, then, be no more needed beyond
that which is necessary to insure the internal security
of their respective countries. If they attain unto this
all-surpassing blessing, the people of each nation will
pursue, with tranquillity and contentment, their own
occupations, and the groanings and lamentations of
most men would be silenced. We beseech God to aid
them to do His will and pleasure. He, verily, is the
Lord of the throne on high and of earth below, and
the Lord of this world and of the world to come. It
would be preferable and more fitting that the highly
honored kings themselves should attend such an assembly,
and proclaim their edicts. Any king who will
arise and carry out this task, he verily will, in the
sight of God, become the cynosure of all kings.
Happy is he, and great is his blessedness!
In this land, every time men are conscripted for
the army, a great terror seizeth the people. Every
nation augmenteth, each year, its forces, for their
ministers of war are insatiable in their desire to add
fresh recruits to their battalions. We have learned
that the government of Persia--may God assist them
--have, likewise decided to reinforce their army. In
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