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views-field-field-reference"><div class="field-content">‘Abdu’l-Bahá, The Compilation of Compilations vol II, p. 342-343</div></div> </div> <div class="quote-row views-row"> <div class="views-field views-field-field-body"><div class="field-content"><p>If, God forbid, he should be guilty of the least breach of trust, or approach his duties in a slack or desultory fashion, or extort so much as a farthing from the populace, or seek to further his own selfish interests and personal gain -- then it is certain that he shall be deprived of the outpourings of God's grace.</p></div></div><div class="views-field views-field-field-reference"><div class="field-content">‘Abdu’l-Bahá, The Compilation of Compilations vol II, p. 341</div></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div>   <div class="sidebar"> <div class=col-md-3> <div class="region region-sidebar-second"> <div class="views-element-container block block-views block-views-blockimage-block-1" id="block-views-block-image-block-1"> 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