Ludwig Philipp Albert Schweitzer (German: [ˈalbɛʁt ˈʃvaɪ̯t͡sɐ] ; 14 January 1875 – 4 September 1965) was an Alsatian polymath. He was a theologian, organist, musicologist, writer, humanitarian, philosopher, and physician. A Lutheran minister, Schweitzer challenged both the secular view of Jesus as depicted by the historical-critical method current at this...
Think occasionally of the suffering of which you spare yourself the sight.
—Samuel Johnson in The History of Rasselas, Prince of Abissinia
—L.H. Cosway in The Nature of Cruelty