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of justice, and the sincerity of the imperial purpose has
shown itself in kingly acts. Hoping that his reign will
rival the glorious past, he has sought to establish equity
and righteousness and to foster education and the
processes of civilization throughout this noble land,
and to translate from potentiality into actuality whatever
will insure its progress. Not until now had we seen
a monarch, holding in his capable hands the reins of
affairs, and on whose high resolve the welfare of all
his subjects depends, exerting as it would befit him,
like a benevolent father, his efforts toward the training
and cultivation of his people, seeking to insure their
well-being and peace of mind, and exhibiting due concern
for their interests; this Servant and those like Him
have therefore remained silent. Now, however, it is
clear to the discerning that the Sháh has of his own accord
determined to establish a just government and to
secure the progress of all his subjects. His honorable
intention has consequently evoked this present statement.
It is indeed strange that instead of offering thanks
for this bounty, which truly derives from the grace of
Almighty God, by arising as one in gratitude and enthusiasm
and praying that these noble purposes will
daily multiply, some, on the contrary, whose reason has
been corrupted by personal motives and the clarity of
whose perception has been clouded by self-interest and
conceit; whose energies are devoted to the service of
their passions, whose sense of pride is perverted to the
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