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Albert Schweitzer (1875-1965)
On one side of the family, Albert Schweitzer was the grandson of a pastor; on the other side, the grandson of an organist. His mother was the daughter of the pastor; his pastor father was the son of the organist. Schweitzer lived in a country that was sometimes French, sometimes German; the predominant religion was protestant (mostly Lutheran), whose pastors were forced by Louis XIV to share their church with catholics. The Alsation dialect was a practical mixture of German and French – whichever offered the shortest way of saying a particular thing. Like his country and his church, Schweitzer learned to blend opposite entities into one personality, however not always simultaneously: theology and music, philosophy and medicine, a comfortable life and one of chosen poverty, intellectual lifestyle and a life of service that allowed no time for organ playing and intellectual pursuits. These opposites were results of choices made as a boy and as a young man. These choices made him famous. The fame did not interfere with his humility, and Albert Schweitzer is still considered a man worthy of recognition and emulation. Most of us, however, apparently do not have the motivation or the self-control to emulate this great man!
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