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Character Training
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Pages 152-153
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Character Training
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The thing of paramount importance in education is
character training. With regard to this, example is more effective
than precept, and the lives and characters of the child's
parents, teachers and habitual associates are factors of the
utmost importance.
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The Prophets of God are the great educators of mankind,
and Their counsels and the story of Their lives should be instilled
into the child's mind as soon as it is able to grasp them.
Especially important are the words of the Supreme Teacher,
Bahá'u'lláh, Who reveals the root principles on which the
civilization of the future must be built up. He says: --
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Teach your children what hath been revealed through
the Pen of Glory. Instruct them in what hath descended
from the heaven of greatness and power. Let them memorize
the Tablets of the Merciful and chant them with the
most melodious voices in the halls of the
Mashriqu'l-Adhkár.
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