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It doesn't matter if an animal can reason. It matters only that it is capable of suffering and that is why I consider it my neighbor.
Albert Schweitzer
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Albert Schweitzer
Age: 90 †
Born: 1875
Born: January 14
Died: 1965
Died: September 4
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Because I have confidence in the power of truth, and of the spirit, I have confidence in the future of mankind.
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The city of truth cannot be built on the swampy ground of skepticism.
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I am life which wants to live admidst of lives that want to live.
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