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For readers who love practical reflections on love, character and faith, and anyone who enjoys the spoken style of a Victorian preacher. These addresses explore inner peace, honest doubt and kindness as a daily habit.
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What is the best thing a person can seek? Henry Drummond, a Scottish scientist, teacher and evangelist who died in 1897, gave a famous answer in a spoken address. The title talk is a close reading of Paul's chapter on love in his first letter to the Corinthians. Drummond treats love as a set of daily habits, not a warm feeling that comes and goes. He breaks it into parts you can name and practise. The other addresses in the book deal with inner peace, honest doubt and the slow change of character.
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- 1Love outranks every other giftFree
- 2Love is made of plain ingredients
- 3Patience, kindness, generosity, humility, courtesy
- 4The hardest tests of love
- 5Love lasts, and love is the test
- 6The other addresses and the book's lasting appeal
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Love outranks every other gift
Drummond asks what the best thing is that a person can seek. Paul compares love with gifts that people of his time prized. He turns to Paul's chapter on love and reads it like a teacher walking a class through a proof.
Paul first lists impressive things, such as prophecy, deep knowledge, mountain-moving faith and giving away all one owns. Then he says that without love each counts for nothing. Drummond stresses how bold this is. Paul does not call these gifts bad. He calls them empty when love is missing.
For a modern reader the lesson is direct. If you could grow only one quality, would you pick skill, belief or love? Most of us spend our best energy on the first two. Paul puts love at the head of the list on purpose.
That’s 1 of 6 key points.
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About 2 h 10 min to read.Questions about La cosa più grande del mondo e altri discorsi
What is The Greatest Thing in the World about?
It is a talk on Paul's chapter about love in 1 Corinthians 13. Drummond argues that love is the highest aim in life and breaks it into nine everyday qualities, such as patience, kindness and good temper.
What are the nine ingredients of love in Drummond's address?
Drummond names patience, kindness, generosity, humility, courtesy, unselfishness, good temper, guilelessness and sincerity. He calls this the spectrum of love, as light splits into colours, and each quality comes from Paul's own list.
Who was Henry Drummond?
He was a Scottish scientist, teacher and evangelist who died in 1897. He lectured in natural science in Glasgow, spoke to student audiences and wrote books that link science, character and Christian faith.
Is The Greatest Thing in the World hard to read?
No. It is short and written in plain, spoken language. Drummond uses clear pictures and simple steps to guide readers through the argument.
What is the main message of the book?
Love matters more than talent, knowledge or even strong belief. Drummond says it can be trained through daily habits, and it is the one quality that lasts and by which a life is judged.
Cite this edition
Drummond, Henry. The Greatest Thing in the World and Other Addresses. Library of Alexandria, 2026, libraryofalexandria.com/products/the-greatest-thing-in-the-world-and-other-addresses.
Drummond, H. (2026). The greatest thing in the world and other addresses. Library of Alexandria. https://libraryofalexandria.com/products/the-greatest-thing-in-the-world-and-other-addresses
Drummond, Henry. The Greatest Thing in the World and Other Addresses. Library of Alexandria, 2026. https://libraryofalexandria.com/products/the-greatest-thing-in-the-world-and-other-addresses.
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