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Like stones rolling down hills, fair ideas reach their objectives despite all obstacles and barriers. It may be possible to speed or hinder them, but impossible to stop them.
Albert Schweitzer
Born: January 14, 1875
Died: September 4, 1965 (aged 90)
Bio: Albert Schweitzer was a German and later French theologian, organist, philosopher, and physician. He was born in the province of Alsace-Lorraine, at that time part of the German Empire, though he considered himself French and wrote mostly in French.
Known for:
- The Quest of the Historical Jesus (1906)
- Out of My Life and Thought (1931)
- The philosophy of civilization (1951)
- The mysticism of Paul the apostle (1931)
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