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The Albert Schweitzer-Helene Bresslau Letters, 1902-1912 (Albert Schweitzer Library (Syracuse, N.Y.).)
The Albert SchweitzerHelene Bresslau Letters 19021912 - Albert Schweitzer Library Syracuse, N.Y. Author:Albert Schweitzer, Helene Bresslau, Rhena Schweitzer Miller A window into the shared lives of two of the world's best-known humanitarians. This book provides the only personal portrait of Schweitzer, here as a young man on a quest to better the lot of humankind, and of the woman who helped to shape that pursuit. Schweitzer was twenty-six and Helene Bresslau twenty-two when they met. He was preparing fo... more »r an academic life in theology and philosophy, while his skill as a musician supplemented his intellectual work. Helene stepped beyond the conventions of the day by entering the nursing field, by founding a welfare program for single mothers, and fearlessly stating her own opinions. While Schweitzer searched for his path, Bresslau provided the sounding board for many of his ideas.« less