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\n\t\t\tA Birthday Talk
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\n\t\t\tIN MY childhood before the full development of my faculties,
\nI became conscious of a strong impulse in me. I did not realise what it was then, but it grew stronger and stronger as I gained in years till all the weakness of my childhood, fear,
\n\t\t\tselfishness, etc., vanished from my mind. From the day of my return to the mother country, the impulse is surging forth in great
\n\t\t\tforce, and my set purpose and devotion are becoming more confirmed with the trials and oppressions to which I am subjected.
\n\t\t\tWhen some divine power by the grace of God manifests itself in a human being any efforts to develop it give a new force to
\n\t\t\tthe national life. You will have to sacrifice yourself at the feet of your Mother. You should, therefore, devote yourself with
\n\t\t\tfirm faith and whole heart to her service. Service of our motherland is our highest duty at this moment. This must be our duty in
\n\t\t\tthis iron age. It is now the time for us to conserve our energy. Do not be impatient, do not despair. Do not lose faith. The
\n\t\t\tpresent fatigue and inactivity are natural; you will find instances of them in the history of every nation. Everyone must store up
\n\t\t\tenergy. Be prepared with fresh hope and vigour for the worship of the Mother. Divine power has infused this nation with a new
\n\t\t\tpower. This power will exalt the nation one day. <\/font><\/p>\n

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\n\t\t\tDelivered at Sri Aurobindo’s residence in Calcutta on 15 August 1909, his thirty-seventh birthday. Text in Bengali published in <\/i>Bharat Mitra on 21 August; subsequently<\/i>
\ntranslated into English and published in a police intelligence report.<\/i><\/font><\/p>\n

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