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In other spheres of Baha'i activity, related to the prosecution of the Ten-Year plan, all of vital importance to the teaching work initiated under that same plan, and to the enlargement and consolidation of the administrative structure of the institutions to be erected in the future, the accomplishments of the members of this community, during the first two phases of this world Crusade, have been no less significant. The establishment of the Baha'i publishing Trust; the translation of Baha'i literature into more than fifteen languages, both within the scope of the Ten-Year Plan and outside it, spoken in Europe, Asia, Latin America and the North American continent; the purchase of the site of the first dependency of the Mother Temple of the West; the practical completion of the landscaping of its gardens; the provision of a considerable part of the material resources required for the purchase of the sites of future Baha'i Temples in both the Eastern and Western Hemispheres, as well as for the construction of the two projected Mashriqu'l-Adhkars in the European and African continents; the guidance given and the aid extended to newly elected national assemblies, for the efficient conduct of Baha'i administrative activities and the prosecution of Baha'i national plans; the initial visits made by Baha'i teachers to countries within the Soviet orbit, foreshadowing the launching of systematic teaching enterprises in both Europe and Asia; the assistance given, through financial help as well as through the dispatch of Baha'i pioneers, to various Baha'i communities for the enlargement of the limits of the Faith and the consolidation of its institutions; and, last but not least, the purchase of the sacred site of the Siyah-Chal of Tihran, the scene of the birth of Baha'u'llah's Prophetic Mission, by a member of that community of Persian descent - these stand out as further evidences of the enormous share the firmly knit, highly organized, swiftly advancing, fully dedicated American Baha'i Community has had in the prosecution and triumphant progress of the three year old Ten-Year Plan, and augur well for a no less splendid contribution to be made, in the years immediately ahead, for the attainment of its remaining objectives.
(145:3)
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