Tablet catalog
Words to a French poet, spoken on 1913-03-28
OOL 06 40087 Phelps: ABU 1820
ABU 1820•‘Abdu’l-Bahá
Reported Utterance
Words to a French poet, spoken on 1913-03-28
160 words
Translation:
Provisional translation
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.
DAS. Diary notebooks and letters of Mirza Ahmad Sohrab, Dec. 1912 – Jun. 1915. English and Persian diary notebooks and letters held in the U.S. National Bahá’í Archives. Often quoted in other sources such as SW. Catalog entries are indexed by date and include only the English notebooks and letters. Letters from 1 Jul 1913 through 19 Oct. 1914 found here: https://bahai-library.com/sohrab_diary_letters_1913-1914
DAS.1913-03-28
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BSTW. Dwight Barstow collection. Collection of miscellania in English, mostly old translations and pilgrim’ notes. http://bahai- library.com/file.php?file=lovejoy_dwight_barstow_collection
BSTW#093b
http://www.h-net.org/~bahai/docs/vol13/Barstow_051-100.pdf#page=109