Albert Schweitzer, Nobel Laureate, d 9/4/1965. After earning two doctorates, laying the foundation of 20th cen theology, earning distinction as an organist and the world's leading Bach scholar, he trained to become a doctor and raised funds to found a hospital in Gabon.
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In part his motive was to atone for the sins of western civilization. White Christians, he believed, had a limitless debt to pay for colonialism. He articulate a philosophy of "Reverence for Life," relating Christianity to the sacredness of life in all its forms.
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"It's not enough merely to exist. It's not enough to say, 'I do my work well, I'm a good churchgoer.' That's all very well, but one must do something more. Seek always to do some good somewhere. Each one has to seek his own way to make his own self more noble.:"--Schweitzer
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