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“The only test of possession is use. The talent that is buried is not owned. The napkin and the hole in the ground are far more truly the man's property, because they are accomplishing something for him, slothful and shameful though it be. And what is a lost soul? Is it not one that God cannot use, or one that cannot use God? Trustless, prayerless, fruitless, loveless--is it not so far lost? So may a man have a soul that is lost and be dead while he lives.”

Men May Soul Use Lost Talent He Man Tests Property Possession Holes Buried Trust In God Shameful Lost Souls Loveless Napkins Accomplishing Something

Book:Thoughts for Every-day Living from the Spoken and Written Words of Maltbie Davenport Babcock

Source: Thoughts for Every-day Living from the Spoken and Written Words of Maltbie Davenport Babcock

“So precious a talent as intellect never was given to be wrapt in a napkin and buried in the earth.”

Earth Given Talent Intellect Buried Napkins

Book:On Slavery and Abolitionism: Essays and Letters

Source: On Slavery and Abolitionism: Essays and Letters

“We cannot hoard life as we can money. When a person tries to be a miser of his health, he usually makes himself miserable. Mental talents, if buried and not used, tend to deteriorate. Whoever would save his memory by not using it will lose it.”

Ifs Trying Persons Used Loses Memories Talent Miserable Buried Misers

Author:Ralph Washington Sockman