ALBERT SCHWEITZER:
THE DIFFICULTY OF DOING GOOD

A biography, a memoir and a diary by PATRICIA MORRIS

Dr Albert Schweitzer (1875-1965) was already famous as a musician, philosopher and theologian when he qualified as a medical doctor and forsook Europe's comforts to live ethically, with what he called "Reverence for Life". In pursuit of this aim, in a jungle in Africa, he built a hospital and a leper village for is­olated hunter-gatherers. His achievements were recognised with international awards, honorary degrees, and the Nobel Peace Prize in 1952.  In his last years, Schweitzer was a vehement protester against the development of nuclear arms, and against foreign interference in the Congo. Suddenly he became an easy target for criticism. His life story reminds us of the sacrifice required to live a moral life, including that our well-intended actions are as likely to arouse excoriation as admiration.    In the first part of Albert Schweitzer: the Difficulty of Doing Good, the author outlines Schweitzer's biography without omitting the toil and setbacks that interrupt, even preclude, success. The account illuminates the second part, the brief diary kept by her father, Cecil Morris, an orthopaedic surgeon, on his working visit to Schweitzer.

​ISBN: 978-1-911047-66-7

e-ISBN: 978-1-911047-67-4