ALBERT SCHWEITZER
Albert Schweitzer (THE BIOGRAPHY AS IT WAS WRITTEN IN THE BOOK LIVE YOUR MAGIC).
Albert Schweitzer became a doctor so he could devote the rest of his
life to helping people who most needed help. He also traveled the
world, advocating for peace and “reverence for life,” and won the
Nobel Peace Prize for his humanitarian work.
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“Do something wonderful with your life,” said Albert Schweitzer. “People may imitate
you!”
Dr. Schweitzer lived out those words, using his life to help untold thousands of people
and to set an example that still inspires the world today.
As a child in the late 1800s, Albert Schweitzer showed an incredible talent for music. By
the time he was a young man, he was not only giving popular concerts on the pipe organ,
he had become an acknowledged world expert on building organs, interpreting classical
music, and making musical recordings.
He made a very good living with his music, but Schweitzer was also a deep thinker when
it came to religion and living a good, worthwhile life. He wrote influential books about
Jesus Christ and Christian philosophy, and he decided that when he turned thirty years
old, he would give up his career and devote the rest of his life to helping other people.
As planned, he quit working at age thirty and went back to school. His family and friends
thought he was crazy, but Schweitzer had decided to become a doctor. He figured that
was the best route to being able to help others in need.
After getting his medical degree, Dr. Schweitzer raised enough money by playing more concerts to set off for the poor African country of Gabon, where there was a critical
shortage of medical care. He and his wife traveled more than 300 kilometers up the
Ogooué River and set up a makeshift hospital.
People came from hundreds of kilometers around to Dr. Schweitzer’s little one-room
medical miracle - the only hospital and doctor that most of them had ever seen. He and
his wife, Helene, worked themselves to exhaustion. They were forced to stop when
World War I broke out when, as Germans working in French territory, they were taken
Albert Schweitzer became a doctor so he could devote the rest of his
life to helping people who most needed help. He also traveled the
world, advocating for peace and “reverence for life,” and won the
Nobel Peace Prize for his humanitarian work.
*
“Do something wonderful with your life,” said Albert Schweitzer. “People may imitateyou!”
Dr. Schweitzer lived out those words, using his life to help untold thousands of people
and to set an example that still inspires the world today.
As a child in the late 1800s, Albert Schweitzer showed an incredible talent for music. By
the time he was a young man, he was not only giving popular concerts on the pipe organ,
he had become an acknowledged world expert on building organs, interpreting classical
music, and making musical recordings.
He made a very good living with his music, but Schweitzer was also a deep thinker when
it came to religion and living a good, worthwhile life. He wrote influential books about
Jesus Christ and Christian philosophy, and he decided that when he turned thirty years
old, he would give up his career and devote the rest of his life to helping other people.
As planned, he quit working at age thirty and went back to school. His family and friends
thought he was crazy, but Schweitzer had decided to become a doctor. He figured that
was the best route to being able to help others in need.
After getting his medical degree, Dr. Schweitzer raised enough money by playing more concerts to set off for the poor African country of Gabon, where there was a critical
shortage of medical care. He and his wife traveled more than 300 kilometers up the
Ogooué River and set up a makeshift hospital.
People came from hundreds of kilometers around to Dr. Schweitzer’s little one-room
medical miracle - the only hospital and doctor that most of them had ever seen. He and
his wife, Helene, worked themselves to exhaustion. They were forced to stop when
World War I broke out when, as Germans working in French territory, they were taken
prisoner.
After the war, Dr. Schweitzer went back to Gabon, re-built the abandoned hospital, and
resumed his free medical care for anyone who needed it. For another forty years, until his
death in 1963, he spent most of his time in Gabon. He spent the rest of his time traveling
the world, raising money and encouraging other people to follow his example.
Albert Schweitzer was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1952 - not just for his hospital
work, but also for his personal philosophy - “Reverence for Life” - that encouraged
everyone to respect others and recognize their right to life.
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USE YOUR KNOWLEDGE, CAREER ABILITY AND POWER AS A TOOL TO HELP OTHERS NOT TO DESTROY AND TOMENT THEM. BE BLESSING TO SOCIETY AROUND YOU.
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