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Henry Drummond
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“[T]here is no greatness in things. Things cannot be great. The only greatness is unselfish love.”
Henry Drummond (1851–1897) first seen 1890 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: The Greatest Thing in the World (1890), p. 29, after quoting :5
“The test of a man then is not, "How have I believed?" but "How have I loved?”
Henry Drummond (1851–1897) first seen 1890 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: The Greatest Thing in the World (1890), p. 61, after paraphrasing :31–46
“I lived for myself, I thought for myself, For myself, and none beside— Just as if Jesus had never lived, As if He had never died.”
Henry Drummond (1851–1897) first seen 1890 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: The Greatest Thing in the World (1890), p. 63, on the uncharitable
“I knew Mr. Henry Drummond, and the memory of his strong, warm hand-clasp is like a benediction. He was the most sympathetic of companions. He knew so much and was so genial that it was impossible to feel dull in his presence.”
Henry Drummond (1851–1897) said by 1897 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Helen Keller, The Story of My Life (New York: Doubleday, Page & Co., 1905)