 The independent search after truth , unfettered by superstition or tradition ; the oneness of the entire human race , the pivotal principle and fundamental doctrine of the Faith ; the basic unity of all religions ; the condemnation of all forms of prejudice , whether religious , racial , class or national ; the harmony which must exist between religion and science ; the equality of men and women , the two wings on which the bird of human kind is able to soar ; the introduction of compulsory education ; the adoption of a universal auxiliary language ; the abolition of the extremes of wealth and poverty ; the institution of a world tribunal for the adjudication of disputes between nations ; the exaltation of work , performed in the spirit of service , to the rank of worship ; the glorification of justice as the ruling principle in human society , and of religion as a bulwark for the protection of all peoples and nations ; and the establishment of a permanent and universal peace as the supreme goal of all mankind — these stand out as the essential elements [ which Bahá 'u'lláh proclaimed ] . 
