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# ABU1820 - `Abdu'l-Bahá   -   160 words
title Words to a French poet, spoken on 1913-03-28
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English
Man must spend his talent in a cause the result of which is eternal. If we spend our talent in the Cause of God its outcome will be everlasting, but if we waste it over worldly affairs, it is like drawing pictures over the surface of the water.
translations DAS.1913-03-28, BSTW#093b
subjects @spiritual transformation, @transience; worthlessness of the physical world, @the ephemeral and the eternal, @service to others; to the Cause of God
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