Compassion, in which all ethics must take root, can only attain its fu…

Albert Schweitzer
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Compassion, in which all ethics must take root, can only attain its full breadth and depth if it embraces all living creatures and does not limit itself to mankind. ✨ Albert Schweitzer (1958). A Selection of Writings of and about Albert Schweitzer, Boston : [s.n.], 1958 (Boston : H.N. Sawyer Company)
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