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...That man is truly ethical," he has written, "who shatters no ice crystal as it sparkles in the sun, tears no leaf from a tree, cuts no flower . . ." As a physician, Schweitzer calls himself "a mass murderer of bacteria," and says he cannot help thinking, when he peers into a microscope, "I have to sacrifice this life in order to preserve other life...
Disorganized & Leisurely. Last week Dr. Schweitzer took no part in the Goethe festival, but waited in Manhattan, working on his address and resting. Though Poet-Philosopher Goethe is one of his favorite subjects (in 1928 he received the city of Frankfurt's Goethe Prize*), he had not really wanted to come to the U.S. When he went from Lambarene to Giinsbach last October for a visit, he found at least six invitations to address Goethe bicentennial events, but he was so tired that he refused them all. Then from the University of Chicago's Chancellor Robert Hutchins, chairman...
...five days Albert Schweitzer wrestled with his conscience. Hutchins, to be sure, was no Goethe scholar, his university no center of Goethe study in the U.S. Moreover, America was far away. But the thought of what the 2,000,000 francs would mean for his patients in Africa clinched his decision. Schweitzer sent his acceptance...
...high Aspen-a onetime ghost town recently bought by Box Tycoon Walter P. Paepcke and turned into a resort. Later he learned that he was scheduled to make his address twice, once in French and once in German, on different days. And last week it was announced that Dr. Schweitzer would be awarded an honorary degree from the University of Chicago, which meant that an acceptance speech would have to be prepared and delivered...
...tired old Dr. Schweitzer seemed to be having a wonderful time finding out about the U.S. It was much more congenial than he had expected. Said he last week in New York: "I feel very much at home. I am delighted to find that people here are almost as disorganized and leisurely as they are in Europe...