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"A chaste and holy life must be made the controlling principle in the behaviour and conduct of all Baha'is, both in their social relations with the members of their own community, and in their contact with the world at large. It must adorn and reinforce the ceaseless labours and meritorious exertions of those whose enviable position is to propagate the Message, and to administer the affairs, of the Faith of Baha'u'llah. It must be upheld, in all its integrity and implications.... It demands daily vigilance in the control of one's carnal desires and corrupt inclination.. It can tolerate no compromise with the theories, the standards, the habits and the excesses of a decadent age.." (Shoghi Effendi)
(86:7)
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