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A man can do only what he can do. But if he does that each day he can sleep at night and do it again the next day.
Albert Schweitzer
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Albert Schweitzer
Age: 90 †
Born: 1875
Born: January 14
Died: 1965
Died: September 4
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Ludwig Philipp Albert Schweitzer
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If you are called upon to play a church service, it is a greater honor than if you were to play a concert on the finest organ in the world... Thank God each time when you are privileged to sit before the organ console and assist in the worship of the Almighty.
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I am certain and have always stressed that the destination of mankind is to become more and more humane. The ideal of humanity has to be revived.
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