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[T]here is no greatness in things. Things cannot be great. The only greatness is unselfish love.

— Henry Drummond The Greatest Thing in the World (1890)

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The test of a man then is not, "How have I believed?" but "How have I loved?”

The Greatest Thing in the World (1890)

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.

The Greatest Thing in the World (1890)

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